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Morning rainbow over Sacramento at dawn
No alternate video source Scene notes: A partial rainbow in the sky at morning above Sacramento fading when the rain moves on. SKU/clip number: DSK171 Time-lapse length (30 fps): 9 seconds.
Crater Lake motion controlled viewpoint at sunrise
No alternate video source Scene notes: Wind on the water over Crater Lake in the early morning among the cliff trees. SKU/clip number: DSK170 Time-lapse length (30 fps): 22 seconds.
Panning as the shadows move quickly over red desert landscape and cliffs
No alternate video source Scene notes: Far in the Canyonlands of Needles Overlook in the distance one sees medium level clouds. SKU/clip number: Dsk168 Time-lapse length (30 fps): 6 seconds.
Delicate Arch highlighted in late magic hour sun
No alternate video source Scene notes: Delicate Arch on overlook amongst people at sunset, high clouds in the sky moving during sunset- facing southeast, away from sun. SKU/clip number: DSK166 Time-lapse length (30 fps): 18 seconds.
Where clouds change in the late afternoon
No alternate video source Scene notes: High above the clouds on the ancient extinct volcano, where clouds change in the late afternoon. SKU/clip number: PRC055 Time-lapse length (30 fps): 10 seconds.
Towering clouds at dawn with virga
View with alternate video source Scene notes: The sunrise is making gold and pink saturation of overhead passing clouds.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 11 seconds and 24 frames.
Mid-level clouds glow briefly, flowing at dawn with the rain
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A dawn rain cloud backlit with brilliant colors as a few of the mid-level clouds show unusual curves due to precipitation, which is responsible for the glow. Just the right amount of rainfall, a very light amount, is enough to bring out the brilliant golds, however briefly, ending on much bluer colors due…
Short-length of altocumulus at dusk
View with alternate video source Scene notes: Altocumulus resembling mackerel scales at sunset while airborne.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 5 seconds.
Light from the sun relects off the ocean onto clouds
View with alternate video source Preview synopsis: Where light is reflected off the ocean and lights from beneath the mid-level clouds, it makes these gold colors. A clear view of the sun to the ocean with clouds overhead the observer is not an everyday occurrence where the balance must be ‘just so’. Time-lapse length (30…
2 of 2 | Behind a river that flows from the point with hot springs
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Coming soon.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 9 seconds and 10 frames.
Moon sets, then the sun, over Monument Valley’s monoliths
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No notes written at clip creation.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 11 seconds.
Dusk falls blue over a secret arch near Mt Whitney
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No notes written at clip creation.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 12 seconds.
Grand Tetons morning under layers of fair weather and flat clouds brightening
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Orographic effects on clouds can be varied. One tried and true method of identifying orographic clouds: do the clouds appear around the mountaintops and nowhere else? This affirmative can safely indicate an orographic effect: when the landscape influences the clouds directly. The sunrise requires no clouds at all to filter through at…
1 of 3 | Glowing sunrise on a valley from Whitney Portal
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At dawn, looking out from a portal road to Mt Whitney, the desert and Alabama Hills are in view far below and away. Brilliant lights prelude the sun rising. For a time over the valley, some clouds reach a Salmon-Pink color with highlights that are Lighting Yellow and Bright Gold, and the…
3 of 3 Glowing clouds on the Sierra Nevada floating…
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The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 7 seconds and 25 frames.
Drone hovering at sunset into dusk, mid-level cloud…
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Hovering above the city (bottom-right) Sacramento. Mid-level clouds with light from below the horizon’s sunlight.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 10 seconds.
In the midst of the clouds as the sun goes below horizon, longest
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On a precipice with no land in sight as the fog flows below and around the POV. The sun sets below the horizon in the distance, and it is now dusk. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 2 minutes, 20 seconds.
Dawn over water, a partial rainbow over inlet, near Svalbarðseyri, and Akureyri, Iceland
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On a hill view just north of Akureyri, Iceland. Looking across the inlet to mountainous landscapes in a fog layer of stratus cloud. The low clouds move along, and a partial rainbow briefly forms in the sky from precipitation. The dawn is pinkish on the low clouds, facing west at sunrise, away…
2 of 2 Facing west at sunset from a viewpoint…
Scene notes: This is a slower clip with a very short interval and faster shutter speed. Crepuscular rays shine when there is a higher humidity in one area, but not necessarily very humid in the entire observable atmosphere around the observer. As the clouds move, the shadows defining the light rays move with them. The…
1 of 2 Facing west at sunset from a viewpoint…
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Because of a small patch of open sky, the sun breaks free into the valley below in between dense cloud cover of Cumulus type. Far in the distance is the barely visible horizon, which is cloaked in cloud shadow. This is the second clip in a scene of a few that were…
Morning dawn heralds glowing pink medium alt clouds…
Scene notes: In this rapidly brightening scene that takes place in the high desert of southeast California, upper-level clouds brighten past the exposure as the sky quicy brightens. Extremely fine and subtle details of the lower parts of these mid-level clouds are illuminated from below the horizon. This is due to the fact that the…
Shadows rising on San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge…
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Looking east in the late afternoon, you can observe ‘the City’ from afar, behind the long red bridge. Wind on water currents make ripples, as is the traffic on the 101 Highway that spans the bridge. Shadows become longer as the sun sets first on the foreground grassy slopes, and then the…
3 of 3 | Just beyond the tree line where some dusk fog is blowing on wind
View with alternate video source Scene notes: The continuation of another clip.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 9 seconds and 9 frames.
Pink clouds Hawaii coastline and jungle mountains…
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Looking north there is a small Cumulonimbus cloud over the Napali coast. In this short timespan time-lapse there is the light of the sun fading as it goes below the horizon and clouds far away from this beach. The warm day provides plenty of lift and vapor for these clouds, which keep…
Ocean sunset with full motion
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Right before the sun sets, the ocean is captured in full motion, hovering 10m, or about 30ft above the ground. Intervalometry: none in this clip. This is a full motion clip using a ‘UAS’ (unmanned aerial system) that is approximately ten seconds.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 9 seconds and 19 frames.
Time-lapse on beach under partly cloudy skies…
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Looking up from a beach on Kauai, there are different cloud layers to be seen above. As the sky darkens, the upper-level clouds are illuminated from below. These small rain showers are common on the island chain where surface heating makes them bloom in the sun during daylight and dissipate at night.…
Rainbow on Hawaii coastline and jungle mountains
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Kauai is the furthest west island of the Hawaiian chain, and on the furthest western beaches, nature has been left to prevail; although trucks ride on this lesser known beach, it has a big enough area to accommodate the people enjoying the solitude and beauty that is reminiscent of prehistory. A rainbow…
Alto, cirrocumulus above while panning on the wild…
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Castellanus clouds (castle top clouds) are named for their towering appearance; these mid-level clouds have the most intricate and brilliant lighting while shapeshifting above the wild forest hills at sunset, oranges, golds, pinks, purples, and pale blues. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 7 seconds and 21 frames.
Glowing congestus clouds rambling at sunset, tall…
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The denser the cloud, the less light the outside areas will allow the light to penetrate through, and this fact is displayed on these towering clouds at sunset. The slower speed is gentler to watch for those who may become motion sickness by watching playback closely. This is an issue for media…
Illuminated after sunset, lower-level clouds…
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An original, recently remastered time-lapse of the sky with clouds.Time-lapse length (30 fps): 11 seconds and 19 frames.
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