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  • 3 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land at San Francisco Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds

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    Scene notes:

    The continuation of another clip. The camera position and exposure has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 1 frame.

  • Full amber moon rises behind thinnest of clouds

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    The full moon, low in the sky, passes through low-density clouds as it rises from the night horizon, light filtered through the extra atmosphere. It moves upwards and towards the right of the frame.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 20 frames.

  • Moon rises over Grand Canyon with smoke clearing…

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    …out and high clouds moving rapidly, moonlit The full moon rises behind high clouds. The view from this light is dynamic, made more so by smoke from nearby fires. The smoke is seen as a nebulous cloud, only thinly veiling this view. Stars are seen above the clouds. How is this a moonrise? The long exposure of the individual frames allows for more light to be captured in the image, enough to be of comparable levels to a sunrise at certain times. The view of the canyon is deep, the point of view is from Duck on a Rock viewpoint facing northeast.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 13 frames.

  • Night sky galaxy with galactic cloud, meteorites, airplanes

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    The night sky, with the Milky Way running diagonal (top-left to bottom-right). The scene includes both manmade and natural phenomena in the sky. Every star of light in front of the dust clouds of the galaxy are physically closer to us than the dust clouds. Coma and light pollution is low/very low.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 27 frames.

  • At nighttime by Mono Lake, tufas on water in front of and below very light clouds

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    Tufas are the unique stone structures shown at left in the moonlight, which also make visible the light and fluffy low-level clouds cast night shadows over the distant desert landscape, with stars present.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14 seconds and 27 frames.

  • Moonrise over desert monoliths in Monument Valley

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    Monument Valley; a moonrise. Many airplanes crisscross the night sky as the stars of the sky wheel overhead the giant monoliths of the sovereign Navajo landscape.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 22 frames.

  • Desert nighttime moon rising out of frame on a sandstone hill in Canyonlands under stars

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    Now clip NGT087. The desert night sky around the rim Canyonlands. The moon sets late in the clip, taking with it the illumination of the landscape, now trees silhouette on the hills, which comprise a fifth of the frame. and the night sky is just as starry this cloudless night.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 29 frames.

  • Dusk-to-night over Boreal Forest into stars and distant Aurora on snowy woods

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    The colors of sunset and blue hour facing the sky and tree line in a clearing, as day turns to night. The green glow of aurora is becoming visible on the unique tree line.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 20 frames.