…the night sky is seen in deep dark colors of stars. After a while the sky awakens as the bright moon just before dawn, sends pink colors captured by long exposure on Mt Whitney and surrounding peaks. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 7 seconds and 24 frames.
From a point in Grand Canyon, the horizon may be level, but the land isn’t; this is owed to the nature of the geography of the surroundings of the National park. The bright object illuminating the landscape is not the sun, but the moon. A long exposure captures the light for a period of time to greatly intensify the brightness of the scene in comparison to the human eye. Smoke wafts in the canyon from a wildfire. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 32 seconds and 8 frames.
Cirrostratus (layered stratus) appears to be the right density and altitude (in this function, as a distance from the observer), to create a halo made of frozen vapor, an optical illusion. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 13 seconds and 17 frames.
…out and high clouds moving rapidly, moonlit The full moon rises behind high clouds. The view from this light is dynamic, made more so by smoke from nearby fires. The smoke is seen as a nebulous cloud, only thinly veiling this view. Stars are seen above the clouds. How is this a moonrise? The long exposure of the individual frames allows for more light to be captured in the image, enough to be of comparable levels to a sunrise at certain times. The view of the canyon is deep, the point of view is from Duck on a Rock viewpoint facing northeast. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 8 seconds and 13 frames.
Monument Valley; a moonrise. Many airplanes crisscross the night sky as the stars of the sky wheel overhead the giant monoliths of the sovereign Navajo landscape. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 8 seconds and 22 frames.
Now clip NGT087. The desert night sky around the rim Canyonlands. The moon sets late in the clip, taking with it the illumination of the landscape, now trees silhouette on the hills, which comprise a fifth of the frame. and the night sky is just as starry this cloudless night. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 15 seconds and 29 frames.
The continuation of another clip. The camera orientation and position has been adjusted and lens changed. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 12 seconds and 11 frames.
As the moon rises and the frame zooms in digitally, the mountains increase in natural light, stars overhead in a cloudless sky. The scene displays low to medium coma. The mountains are half-snow-covered, the other half is too steep, rock faces and cliffs that plunge. Flutings comprise the cirques of accumulated snow. Time-lapse length (30 fps): 12 seconds and 28 frames.