The sky, three-quarters of the frame, is full of stars, and the high foothills that comprise the start of the southern tip of Sierra Nevada build towards the right side. Light pollution in the bottom left of the frame lights some thin clouds, which move slowly against the spin of the planet.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 19 frames.
…sets with Cirrus clouds moving overhead. Cirrus clouds, a thin layer of water 40,000 or so feet in the sky, pass quickly by with motion-blur due to the long exposure, which allows the illumination of the moon to be magnified on the desert vista below. Since it is so far below, the Canyonlands view stretches a vast distance, and the many stars of the night sky move as the Earth spins, and the moon with it, towards the horizon and out of the clouds.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 11 frames.
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.
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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.
Airplanes crisscross the night sky over the monoliths in the desert. Distant clouds on the horizon with minimal light pollution. The amount of coma is medium, and the exposure length is long enough to capture several flashes from aircraft lights.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 17 frames.
The continuation of another clip. The camera orientation and position has been adjusted and lens changed.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 11 frames.
A moon-rise over Monument Valley. Cirrocumulus and Cirrostratus clouds moving in a starry night sky against three massive monoliths in the far desert. An eight second interval is used with a long exposure to capture more light than what is visible to the naked eye.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
21 seconds and 4 frames.
The outline of the Milky Way and Andromeda is visible above the Juniper and other conifer trees, as the Earth whirls and spins, but of course it’s the sky that appears to be rotating. The camera physically pans downward. Airplanes and meteorites are visible. Nearer to the horizon is more light pollution from the central California valley. Aircraft
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
21 seconds and 12 frames.