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2 of 4 | Under peak color Aspen grove, medium-density clouds float by overhead and on mountains

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The mountains of the Sierra Nevada range do not entirely catch the low moving clouds on them, which are blowing and slightly billowing and casting shadows on the snowy peaks and cliffs. Below, the peak-coloring of the Aspen grove stretches closer from left to right. With leaves of varying colors from red (afar) to orange (middle ground) and greens with yellow (close). The age of the trees may provide hints as to the varying colors.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
18 seconds and 4 frames.

2 of 3 | Late day high contrast with Lenticular cloud facing east

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The continuation of another clip. The Lenticular clouds are dominant in the sky. Many levels of moisture enable these strange eddies of air currents to be cloaked in visible water. The landscape (nearby mountains) is contributing to the formation of these less common clouds. High above the desert landscape, a sliver of blue sky remains in the beyond, and Cirrus clouds are on the top layer.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
16 seconds and 4 frames.

Full amber moon rises behind thinnest of clouds

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The full moon, low in the sky, passes through low-density clouds as it rises from the night horizon, light filtered through the extra atmosphere. It moves upwards and towards the right of the frame.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
10 seconds and 20 frames.

Panning over Desolation Wilderness landscape

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… from viewpoint of clouds slowly shifting shadows on forest. Nimbostratus clouds impose shadows upon the wilderness scene intermittently. The foreground, a viewpoint ridge which the camera pans over, is intricately detailed with yellow flowers and stone. The protected landscape beyond is a mix of hilly forest and rocky land features of rugged terrain further away, with Mt Tallac visible in the far-distant left.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
17 seconds and 6 frames.

1 of 2 | From Pikes Peak, clouds cast shadows

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… on fog far below that appear to slosh on forest. The continuation of another clip (the camera has been moved). The clouds float over Pike’s Peak, a mountain that is high above the stratus fog below, transforming rapidly. The mountain, a combination of smooth and jagged slopes, careens downward (right). The stratus far below shifts on otherwise low wind. The vista is wide and vast, and the sky is blue with exception of the white Cirrostratus layer and aforementioned Cumulus that plays at point of view-level.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
17 seconds and 4 frames.

1 of 2 | Behind trees, a small fog blanket rolls on Lake Tahoe at sunrise

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Pines and other conifers are framing the sky on all sides of the scene in the early morning above Lake Tahoe, which is surrounded by a forest, and blanketed partially with a fog layer. The sky quickly brightens as high clouds and an airplane contrail turn all the colors of sunrise. The ground is snowy. A similar clip exists.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
38 seconds and 4 frames.

Kauai alternate viewpoint of Waimea Canyon under clouds and some shade

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Rain and shadows on Waimea Canyon. Waterfalls are visible on the opposite side of the canyon in the background (left). Plants on the right of the frame are blowing in the breeze. On the bottom left, orange stones are brighter under the shade of thinner clouds.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
15 seconds and 2 frames.

Mixed cloud sunset over rocky landscape and forest

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… in wilderness under clouds where the sun is seen. An exemplar of Altocumulus Castellanus near the center of the frame. Underlit with purple sunlight filtered from smoke, these clouds tower, owing that their names are derived from castle towers. At the end of playback, the sun can be seen brilliantly going down before disappearing into night. An airplane is seen zooming past in the sky, twice, in the upper-left frame. Upper-level Cirrocumulus clouds are gold in their altitude which gives them brilliant direct sunlight to the end.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 14 frames.