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Green and shimmering lights of the Aurora Borealis 2 of 2

Scene notes:

A towering complex of clouds at sunrise, with the sun outside the frame. The point of view is angled steeply upward and southerly. Where the sun glows in amber and gold on the clouds exposed to its light, both delicate outer edges of denser towering clouds and nebulous areas from later in convection are brightly illuminated. Almost certain is the probability these clouds will produce rain later in the day.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 24 frames.

Night in a snowy valley with a road and traffic under clouds

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Granite cliffs of Banff as slow crawling

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Scene notes:

… and flowing clouds in the winter daylight. Clouds just above the summits of Banff. Numerous flutings beneath axe-shaped peaks, which are forged from glacier erosion on both sides of the ‘axe’-shaped peaks. Shadows move on the land and cliffs.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
44 seconds and 25 frames.

Slowly panning on distant mountain background under clouds and shadows

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Scene notes:

At medium pace over a long period of time, these low clouds cast the shadows on snow fields near summits and ridges. The camera pans leftward while these clouds float by overhead.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
45 seconds and 16 frames.

1 of 3 | Aurora Borealis are the Northern Lights

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Scene notes:

… which strobe, creep, and flow in the night sky. Comprised of charged particles, the lights are playing on the magnetism of the Earth. Mid-level stratus clouds are lit by town lights far away. Long exposures and low ‘coma’ (comatic aberration).
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
30 seconds and 15 frames.