Tag: reflections

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  • 2 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land

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    Scene notes:

    …at San Francisco Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds. Rain is shown entering the frame from left in the rain clouds over the airport as planes continue to land, moving against the rain’s direction in the frame, over the water. As with the other three in this series, the clouds are largely illuminated by city lights.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 7 frames.

  • An offshore thunderstorm is illuminated

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    Scene notes:

    … by lightning and stationary – content warning for epilepsy. The thunderstorm of the night in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida has no wind behind it to come onshore or make any other direction- this night storm has both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning, with strikes shown, the flashes outlining and silhouetting parts of the storm, including the anvil shape of the nimbus cloud.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 20 frames.

  • 4 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land at San Francisco

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    Scene notes:

    … Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds. The continuation of another clip (the camera has been moved). The airplane traffic (bottom right) zips by more frequently, landing at the airport. Other air traffic is seen. The city lights take up a sliver of the bottom of the frame. The
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 2 frames.

  • Above Sierras flanked by other close cliffs, the night darkens

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    Scene notes:

    Mid-level clouds float over the point of view in the night, a starry sky above the mountains, which strongly rise on the left. A glacier of packed, icy snow resides in a distant slope near-center. The altostratus varies in its coverage of the sky; it ebbs and flows.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 28 frames.

  • Pond reflects bright sunshine of sunset and the glow from hitting low clouds

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    Scene notes:

    The tree line is a silhouette against the glowing sunset light, and is reflected perfectly in the pond. The scene darkens as the clip progresses, and the sun has set.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    13 seconds and 5 frames.