Few clouds pass over Canyonlands from Needles Overlook

Tag: Canyonlands

  • Canyonlands with mixed clouds shifting overhead

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    Scene notes:

    A diagonally-oriented cloud formation stretches across the frame as higher clouds also meander overhead. On the landscape, a turret-shaped boulder and other oddly shaped formations (right).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 0 frames.

  • Clouds shift on rocky Canyonlands in Needles District with desert landscape

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    A desert scene in Canyonlands National Park, Needles district. Heavy clouds are overhead in this late-afternoon scene, and the shadows go over the foreground. In the background, around four tenths of the way up the frame, are the jagged needle-like formations this district is named after. The area around the needles is hike-able after a road that is relatively inaccessible.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 3 frames.

  • Needles Overlook shadows shift on high cliffs away and below stretches a landscape

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    Canyonlands, Utah, near the Anticline Overlook, where a long rocky road leads to these sudden cliffs and viewpoint. Far below at right, a canyon is completely shadowed. In the foreground, a three-sided precipice of a rocky outcrop. The left frame has a sheer cliff face of several hundred meters, as it slowly brightens.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 15 frames.

  • Canyonlands meadow at dusk with fading light

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    Needles District, Canyonlands. The meadow has a towering rock formation silhouette (right) against the evening sky which has a sliver or portal of open blue throughout. The mostly cloudy sky has areas of golden, glowing rain clouds that move overhead.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 17 frames.

  • Afternoon crepuscular (afternoon) Canyonlands…

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    Scene notes:

    The overlook is illuminated by the sun over the Utah desert. A one-third sky afternoon where mid-level clouds cut shadows onto the afternoon light. The desert landscape is vast and shadowed, but the horizon is brightly lit.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    19 seconds and 18 frames.