Tag: shadows

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  • Puddle on stone of Canyonlands in Needles District reflects the clouds overhead

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    Reflections of the sky on the water of a puddle in some of the most varied rock formations in the country. A sawtooth and sawback ridge of red stone is visible in the distance, while in the middle distance, boulders lay on rocks (left).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 14 frames.

  • Stone hills in the late day with sunlight behind clouds undulating with shadows

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    Mountains in the background under cloud cover, Mt Whitney appears smaller than the surrounding peaks in the frame, but only because its distance is greater than the peak at left. Complex cloud gatherings and movements in the air above the camera. Scene continues in Dawn and Dusk.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 21 frames.

  • Light upper-level clouds float over Mt Whitney in a natural auditorium

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    Cirrus clouds float undisturbed over aretḗ (French for this terrain feature which has no English counterpart) mountain peaks (center). The southern facing cliffs (right) are largely free of snow, while others still retain a great deal of it. Cornices shed fresh snow in high wind (middle peaks). The sky comprises a third of the frame, with the sun visible late clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 16 frames.

  • 1 of 4 | Under peak color Aspen grove, medium-density…

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    …clouds float by overhead and on mountains. White-trunked, orange and yellow Aspens are the dominant color shown in this grove that lives on the foothills of snowy mountains of the Sierras, which are steeped in low, fluffy clouds which move steadily through but also linger on the cliffs. The lower left third of the frame has shrubs and sagebrush.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 22 frames.

  • 10 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and midday clouds

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    Scene notes:

    The camera pans to the right. A larger aperture depth-of-field is shown. On the mountainsides, delicate clouds condense momentarily and evaporate as quickly, small and insignificant in size. Other low-level and some mid-level stratus clouds are also present. Shrubs with yellow flowers comprise much of the fore and middle ground.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds.

  • Lower density clouds, fluffy over Yosemite Valley around noon, making shadows

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    Scene notes:

    Left to right: El Capitan, a massive monolith that’s a kilometer in height and straight rock face. The snowy area tucked away behind El Capitan is Cloud’s Rest. Then Half Dome, the cross-sectioned dome monolith. Sentinel Rock is the slope which is in front of Half Dome. Bridalveil Falls is closer. Low clouds float and transform on the forest valley floor and all the aforementioned features.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 2 frames.

  • Hoffellsjökull, glacial melt in southeast Iceland under clouds

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    From the large snow cap called Vatnajökull, the glacier known as Hoffellsjökull, is seen melting into an outlet flow. Vatnajökull National Park in southeast Iceland is shown. The glacier’s snout and truncated spur is seen (right).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Above Oregon winery where fluffy clouds cast shadows

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    Verdant green and cultivated vineyards where low clouds meander overhead in a clear blue sky.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 4 frames.