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The high Sierra country under a mix of high and low clouds with a clean snow foreground in the mid-day sun.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
17 seconds.
Winter landscape with mountainous peaks in distance
Tag: mountains
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Winter landscape with mountainous peaks in distance
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Flowing clouds and shadows over high desert and a lake
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On a lake in the Sierra Nevadas, heavier cumulus clouds flow overhead. Rocky and rugged terrain lead the way before it. The shadows of the clouds flow smoothly over distant autumn trees
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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Lineal cold gust front line cloud at foot of mountain
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Quickly flowing down the east face of the mountain range, cold air condenses water molecules in the warmer air of the eastern slope, creating a long and ephemeral cloud along the normal fault where the Sierras end in the east.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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Mid-day over far idyllic landscape, and Grand Tetons
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A scene looking west at the Grand Teton mountain range under very pleasant clouds that float just above the sharp peaks. Jackson Lake is seen in the distance.
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2 of 2 From nearby glacier point viewpoint…
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…in Yosemite over a canyon valley vista with waterfall in the distance. Half Dome is seen side-on with moving shadows around it, viewed from the west under small clouds a small waterfall is also visible.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds -approx. -
Grand Tetons morning under layers of fair weather and flat clouds brightening
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Orographic effects on clouds can be varied. One tried and true method of identifying orographic clouds: do the clouds appear around the mountaintops and nowhere else? This affirmative can safely indicate an orographic effect: when the landscape influences the clouds directly. The sunrise requires no clouds at all to filter through at full radiant intensity. Slowly shifting clouds with little to no transformation over time can indicate very stable air. The mountain range brightens in the morning sun.
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32 seconds and 26 frames. -
Partial rainbow on Hawaii coastline and jungle mountains with beach in foreground
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To preserve the beach itself, the name is not shared here. Above the jungle peaks, the clouds over the Napali coastline drop enough rain at the distance needed to produce a partial rainbow, which is a full half to double rainbow in another clip; that specific clip can be found by clicking the ‘rainbow’ tag on this page. This is a clip with SKU# DSK146 that is categorized in the ‘Day’ collection.
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8 seconds and 29 frames. -
3 of 3 Glowing clouds on the Sierra Nevada floating…
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Cumulus at dusk on peaks and overhead. While the sun has set behind the mountains because of their height, actual sunset has not occurred, so the clouds’ are not brightly lit with reds. The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
7 seconds and 25 frames.