5 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and mid-day clouds

Tag: California

  • Very rapid drone ascent on rocky landscape, mountain peaks

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    Preview synopsis:

    Scene notes:

    The continuation of another clip.

  • Rain shower blots out the sun…

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    Scene notes:

    …While on the mountainous landscape looking west in the afternoon. The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and lens has changed.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 24 frames.

  • Low density clouds hovering over Mono Lake’s Tufas and blue water

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    Scene notes:

    Physically panning right on Mono Lake, past a tufa tower to the lake’s blue water with clouds moving overhead, a desert landscape in the distance.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Stone hills in the late day with sunlight behind clouds undulating with shadows

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    Scene notes:

    Mountains in the background under cloud cover, Mt Whitney appears smaller than the surrounding peaks in the frame, but only because its distance is greater than the peak at left. Complex cloud gatherings and movements in the air above the camera. Scene continues in Dawn and Dusk.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 21 frames.

  • Light upper-level clouds float over Mt Whitney in a natural auditorium

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    Scene notes:

    Cirrus clouds float undisturbed over aretḗ (French for this terrain feature which has no English counterpart) mountain peaks (center). The southern facing cliffs (right) are largely free of snow, while others still retain a great deal of it. Cornices shed fresh snow in high wind (middle peaks). The sky comprises a third of the frame, with the sun visible late clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 16 frames.