California Archives - Page 11 of 16

Hetch Hetchy reservoir in half-fog, with a waterfall

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

… in the distance and opposite side of water. The lake is shown from the viewpoint on the hydroelectric dam (out of view) itself. The wind gusts blow on the lake in randomized patterns from the landscape. Comprising four-tenths of the frame, the reservoir holds much of the state’s fresh-water supply and generates significant energy. There are multiple waterfalls visible on the left half of the frame, and fog moves in complex transformations on the erratic direction of wind.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 15 frames.

1 of 3 | Low clouds moving at night over mountain range in moonlight

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

A night over a rocky landscape, winter mountains under a small bank of clouds include Mt Whitney. Very small, lower clouds rapidly roll in the sky in the upper frame with the stars in the blue moonlight. Mt Whitney is shown as a snowy saw-toothed ridge in the distance.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
4 seconds and 21 frames.

Silhouetted hill side by a city suburb at night

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

What makes these scudding lower clouds so bright? Lights from nearby Walnut Creek impose their light from below on them, incandescent and brightest where the city itself is. The brightened clouds silhouette the trees of the hillside, as airplanes pass overhead rapidly. The sky has stars, and their number pales in comparison to the city lights in the landscape below on the lower-right of the frame. Now clip# NGT087.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
4 seconds and 23 frames.

1 of 2 | Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay with boats circling the island within

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

The camera sits inches above rushing water which will flow into Lake Tahoe moments later. Boats are seen constantly motoring into this unique bay of the lake in the background, their wakes following and spreading out behind them. The middle ground is a landscape of rocks and evergreens. The sky composes the top fifth of the frame, with distant and massive growing rain clouds, and the sloping forest landscape imposing onto it. Shadows from clouds overhead pass through the scene onto the lake and away from the point-of-view. A
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
13 seconds and 20 frames.

1 of 2 | Mt Shasta wide facing east at sunset under sky

View with alternate video source

Preview synopsis: An ad-free, 720p, 30 fps preview of this clip to stream and play for your consideration.

Scene notes:

Playback length at 30 fps: 17 seconds, 16 frames.

2 of 2 | Comet Neowise, as the night sky appears…

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

Seems to rotate, it is the Earth that spins, The continuation of another clip with blue color grading.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
6 seconds and 14 frames.

Ascending Mount Shasta, California, late in the day above the fog facing north

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

The UAS ascends, and a nearby fog layer passes by. Mt Shasta is seen in the morning light stretching out, it’s two peaks fully draped in a fresh winter snow. The morning sky is a bright blue color against the peaks. There are a few distant high clouds. The unique perspective of the mountain is simply not available from the ground.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 14 frames.

1 of 2 | Late day Yosemite winter transforming into sunset

View with alternate video source

Scene notes:

A winter view of Yosemite valley: a very small stratus of fog on El Capitan’s ridge plays slowly as the shadows rise at an also slow pace. The water of Bridalveil Falls still pours near the right of the frame, mostly shadowed by the land at clip’s end. Evergreen trees reside on every surface that is not too steep to grow on, and the valley becomes Tenaya Canyon further out, snow becoming more fulsome.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 2 frames.