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  • 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.

  • Virga is evaporating precipitation

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    …which can be observed from this mid-level cloud. An original, recently remastered time-lapse of the sky with clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 27 frames.

  • Very fast motion blurred clouds transform

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    Scene notes:

    Changing before point of view which looks upward at the sky. An original, recently remastered time-lapse of the sky with clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 12 frames.

  • Medium cloud cover over a flowering spring field with a single tree in background at noon

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    Scene notes:

    Sharing similarities to another clip, this scene is over flowers with a lone oak in the distance. The clouds are a mix of low and medium levels. Shadows move over the field of yellow.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 12 frames.

  • Heavy steam created from geothermal energy, a geyser

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    …water as steam flows up, indistinguishable from clouds. An original, recently remastered time-lapse of the sky with clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 3 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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    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.

  • Large congestus clouds no longer climbing

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    Scene notes:

    …but holding lots of volume, has stark relief in the afternoon sky. An example of how towering Cumulus hit mid-level altostratus clouds. The dense cauliflower-looking clouds are indicative of stronger convection. This is the process of storm formation, where updrafts are apparent in high humidity.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 22 frames.