mountains Archives - Page 12 of 15

1 of 2 | Late day Yosemite winter transforming into sunset

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A winter view of Yosemite valley: a very small stratus of fog on El Capitan’s ridge plays slowly as the shadows rise at an also slow pace. The water of Bridalveil Falls still pours near the right of the frame, mostly shadowed by the land at clip’s end. Evergreen trees reside on every surface that is not too steep to grow on, and the valley becomes Tenaya Canyon further out, snow becoming more fulsome.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 2 frames.

Vivid colorful light rays on clouds from mountain peak of Mt Whitney

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Light rays at sunset. Crepuscular rays fall from high humidity on mountaintops. The sun glows on the clouds as it sets behind Mt Whitney and the mountain ridge. The middle and background dims. The sunbeams shift as the clouds move and the sun sets below. The vivid, sharp rays are defined by the staggered peaks.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 25 frames.

3 of 3 | On Mt Pilatus by Lucerne, Switzerland, clouds on lake below with boats moving

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Looking out onto Lake Lucerne from Esel, near the peak of Mt Pilatus. Just above orographically-influenced Cumulus clouds just below, with vapor beginning to pile onto the steep surfaces and sheer face of the peak.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
15 seconds and 15 frames.

Grand Tetons, a steep range from a meadow with light ray shadows moving slowly

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Exemplars of aiguille-shaped peaks that travel over a kilometer down, glaciers included. The clouds create crepuscular (afternoon) rays from humidity and shadows. The light shines on some of the slopes. The mountains comprise nine-tenths of the frame.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
6 seconds and 24 frames.

1 of 2 | Foothills under a night sky of clear stars

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The sky, three-quarters of the frame, is full of stars, and the high foothills that comprise the start of the southern tip of Sierra Nevada build towards the right side. Light pollution in the bottom left of the frame lights some thin clouds, which move slowly against the spin of the planet.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 19 frames.

Sierra Nevada Mountain range and late-day clouds side-lit and flowing off

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Approximately half the frame is shadowed in a mountain’s shade, with desert plants in the foreground meadow. The clouds flow off the ridge, and every air current can be seen on the outer edges of these clouds, which run aground on the top-left of the frame, billowing, and crawling.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 22 frames.

Vast winter viewpoint from Inyo Mountains

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… landscape below with Sierra Nevada range. On the Inyo range east of the Sierra Nevada, one sees deep into the range to the west, countless peaks spanning north-south. A few at right are under stratus clouds, but the large majority are Cirrus fibratus, dense enough to shade the landscape as they pass over the snowy Bristlecone pine-filled hillsides and slopes, which are some of the oldest trees.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 13 frames.

Above Sierras flanked by other close cliffs, the night darkens

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Mid-level clouds float over the point of view in the night, a starry sky above the mountains, which strongly rise on the left. A glacier of packed, icy snow resides in a distant slope near-center. The altostratus varies in its coverage of the sky; it ebbs and flows.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 28 frames.