Tag: Sierra

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  • As rain clouds move over the Sierra Nevada, darkness falls on the land

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    Scene notes:

    A wet and shining rock face shows recent rain, with more to come as the clouds quickly move over the ridge and peaks of the mountains, dark.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 8 frames.

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

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    The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds.

  • Sierra Nevada Mountain range and midday clouds panning

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    Scene notes:

    Wide-angle view of Sierra Nevada and the deep blue-sky above, panning leftward over the shrublands and dynamically shadowed landscape from clouds passing by at low, medium, and high altitude.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 26 frames.

  • 3 of 4 | Under peak color Aspen grove, medium-dense…

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    Scene notes:

    Clouds float by overhead and on mountains. The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted. A two second interval is used.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 26 frames.

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

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    Scene notes:

    Medium and lower-level clouds, as well as a small ‘scudding’ layer that is halfway up the mountain’s slopes, transform all along this multicolored mountain and arid landscape of yellows, reds, and whites of snow pack on eroded cliff faces and meltwater channels (center of frame at beginning of clip).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 15 frames.

  • Rainbow on heavy clouds in the distance on a rocky landscape in the desert rain

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    Scene notes:

    The partial rainbow of the desert vanishes into thin air, rain moving out of the creation zone. Distant desert foothills have cloud shadows cast on them throughout.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 19 frames.

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

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    Scene notes:

    Panning digitally upwards, while the mountains display four levels of cloud cover, with two on its peaks or flank. Altocumulus appears to follow the low clouds caught on the peaks, with the same amount of evaporation once over. The fourth layer is the high-altitude Cirrostratus, a layer of thicker Cirrus, not affected by the lower mountains.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 20 frames.

  • Under Mount Whitney and others, clouds pass by in the sky, transforming and casting shadows on peaks

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    Scene notes:

    Sharp peaks up close: young granite spires and glacial erosive features are featured in the lower ragged third of the frame, while low clouds transform just overhead left-right. On the sheer stone cliff faces, shadows are clearly moving past. Drops of solid rocks give way to trees where the less steep terrain allows any growth.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 21 frames.