Tag: towering clouds

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  • Overhead clouds grow towering and darker…

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    … as they are seen from below, moving away from POV. An original, renewed time-lapse of the sky with clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 2 frames.

  • 2 of 2 | Morning congestus cloud seems to blossom…

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    … in daylight heating above distant trees. Birth of a Cumulonimbus, a rising congestus carrying enough moisture to darken and sprout rain while it grows nearer. This exemplar of a congestus, a towering Cumulus cloud that has not become a Nimbus, reaches higher and higher into the sky until the day has become cloudy with a high chance of precipitation. Often other low stratus clouds obscure clouds like this, but they are quite common.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    23 seconds and 1 frame..

  • Cumulus nearby Bridalveil Falls viewpoint, Yosemite…

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    …National Park. A famous view over a canyon valley vista with waterfall in the afternoon 1 of 2. Above the side-road parking lot, overlooking Yosemite Valley on a perfectly fifty percent cloudy day there is a POV. High up on a trail away from the tour buses, a maintained path leads straight up the hill face, warm and dry ground on this day. these cumulus meander in the general direction of the wind, their shadows moving along the greenery and granite of these steep cliff faces and arched domes in the distance, Half Dome, still with the bits of snowy outcrops on its very top.

    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    20 seconds and 27 frames.

  • Towering clouds through a medium, 50mm lens

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    Thermals in the lower levels of the sky, formed by the ground heating, pillow in shape and cauliflower or Lion’s Mane mushroom in appearance, confluence together as dense, steamy masses, that climb. SKU/clip number: DAY336
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds.

  • Ocean focused on gentle beach with clouds in distance

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    A shallow and calm beach typical of the Gulf, three quarters of the frame is ocean with building tropical clouds in the distance, about one sixth of the frame, under a blue-sky in the remaining six. A distant tree line far on the beach with tropical trees and signs of people on the left. Fine details of the ripples of sand under the clear water with caustic lights on the floor, the water is aquamarine up-close. 30 fps Time-lapse length:10 seconds, 22 frames

  • Clouds rise over Miami skyline in the afternoon 3 of 3

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    Another similar scene to Day111A, an ocean view looking on the Miami skyline from the east. Groups of taller, late-afternoon clouds, tilting towards their direction of wind, as if italicized and colorful, dwarf the tallest buildings, which are reflected on the calm waters of the bay. A three second interval is used. The clouds’ lighter colors are Fawn to Lime Oak.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 18 frames.

  • Rocky Mountain National Park alpine meadow clouds 2 of 2

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    Rocky Mountain National Park on a partly cloudy day looking east from a viewpoint with towering clouds just off in the distance, their shadows quickly traversing the landscape as it becomes cloudier.

    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    20 seconds.

  • 1 of 2 Morning congestus cloud seems to blossom in daylight heating above distant trees

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    … in daylight heating above distant trees. A growing, towering Cumulus before a wider stratus cloud that is far greater in volume. Stratus clouds like these may have formed initially from ground heating. Such smaller rain clouds may spread out to turn into a layer (a stratus) instead of being pushed along with a surviving core to regenerate. In these local pockets of rising air, the humidity around the cloud condenses into visibility.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 22 frames.