Behind a flat meadow and treeline in the distance during the afternoon, dark shade from passing clouds on the crags, peaks and boulders of a majestic mountain in the summer. SKU/clip number: DAY341 Time-lapse length (30 fps): 15 seconds.
… in the distance over barn, a strange formation, a slow vortex. An atlas cedar guards over a barn, which seemingly has a small rainbow right next to it in the left portion of the frame. A meadow comprises an eighth of the frame, under growing shade from the setting sun, look west. Observed is a cloud that is raining, known as a ‘Cumulonimbus’ cloud. These clouds are chaotic in many ways from the knock-on effects that are local from so much air moving in different directions. It is eventually inevitable that an ‘eddy’ in the sky, or a small vortex, will sometimes form. This funnel-shaped cloud is by no means dangerous, as its spin only resolves to the naked eye in time-lapse. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 20 seconds and 19 frames.
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.
… level with low wind, transformation. Once an active volcano, this profile captures its dome shape that is prominent from this green meadow. These gentle slopes seem the only way to traverse the top without technical gear. This morning sky has no clouds. A three second interval is used. The meadow is around one quarter of the frame, and a tree line has a variety of broadleaf and evergreens, while the mountain itself looks solid green from trees. A stable blanket of ground-fog moves left-right, slowly meandering, with a few fragments closer and higher in the frame. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 16 seconds and 1 frame.
…with rocky hills on meadows, mixed clouds. A rock step, a distant cliff near a hilltop, is evident left in the background, above green meadows, and other multiple layers of clouds, the shadows move. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 5 seconds and 28 frames.
Controlled burning ends far below and demonstrates a smoke cloud begins rapidly dissipating among clean air below Cirrus clouds, far in the green farm and forest valleys below. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 7 seconds and 1 frame.
Mt June, Oregon. The clouds on the Alpine meadow grasses pass quickly, barely overhead. The viewpoint shows similar clouds on other forest hills as well. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 10 seconds and 26 frames.