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Time-lapse length (30 fps): A short-lived fog bank pushed by cold air flowing down the snowy mountains, while Nimbostratus is above.
31 seconds and 28 frames.
3 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and mid-day clouds
Tag: California
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3 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and mid-day clouds
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Above Sierra range, clouds expand as the dusk darkens the sky upwards
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The deep dark of the ‘blue hour’ that comes after sunset, with just a few spots of cloud catching glowing pink light, but the clouds continue moving in complex patterns. The mountains are having a definite effect.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 18 frames. -
Mountain silhouette backlit by the sun 1/3 dark under some light clouds
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A small cirque glacial feature is clear between a saddle created by the two peaks, which clouds float over.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
19 seconds and 11 frames. -
San Francisco Bay Bridge traffic at dusk with skyline behind traffic and bay
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From a unique viewpoint on Yerba Buena island, the Bay Bridge has two directions of traffic on different levels, and is a gateway into the city. The skyline is silhouetted on the evening light. The daylight is left with the sun and transitions to night, and thousands of cars and vehicles pass through the bridge during this time.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
13 seconds and 10 frames. -
1 of 2 | Comet Neowise, as the night sky appears…
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Scene notes: Appearing to rotate, it is the Earth that spins. Comet Neowise passed by Earth in the summer of 2020. The comet’s tail is a fine contrail in the starry sky. Near the horizon, where it seems stationary in the rotating sky, the frame is enlarged using digital pan ‘n scan, a nineties term, meaning digital zoom. The extra resolution of the original images allows this. Meteorites can be observed in digital frames, as well as airplanes, zooming by in just a few frames.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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2 of 2 Clouds at night illuminated partly by city…
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City lights under stars, aircraft flying over. The Big Dipper, the famous constellation, is observable at the top of the frame. The lower left corner has stratus clouds, but the sky is otherwise clear. A couple of airplanes can be seen flying through, under a starry night sky with a long exposure of several seconds and interval of just as much time.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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Dusk-to-night over rocky landscape into stars and blueish darkness overhead
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Sunset with pink clouds rapidly changes to blue hour and nighttime, a huge boulder field is silhouetted on the sky, which has high clouds that evaporate in the night quickly.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
20 seconds and 24 frames. -
Sierra Nevada Mountain range and mid-day rain clouds falling on foothills
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Scene notes:
Precipitation is seen flowing over the mountain slopes as cloud shadows brighten the foreground and middle-distance desert landscape on and off. Patches of blue-sky peek through mixed cloud levels.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
4 seconds and 20 frames.