Delicate Arch highlighted in late magic hour sun

Tag: red rocks

  • Mid day over Grand Canyon’s high clouds

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    Scene notes:

    Continuing the scene from Dawn and Dusk, the high clouds cast distant shadows on the hazy landscape below and beyond.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds.

  • Rainbow over jungle canyon as clouds flow smoothly…

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    Scene notes:

    … on mountainous coast casting shadows. In this UAS-based time-lapse, a two second interval is used to capture the meandering cloud that produces the rain. The rain creates an optical rainbow. Cerulean sky of the day is behind the clouds. The machine flies towards a rainbow made by the same clouds as sunset clips of this scene from the ground. Jungle is seen below, and the steep slopes approach the viewpoint of the camera. The rainbow stays near the center of the frame as the drone stays outside boundaries in a free fly zone. Rust colored stone comprises the new volcanic headlands.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 23 frames.

  • Over red rocks and foothills of Colorado, a storm…

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    Scene notes:

    …builds in the early day’s blue sky. A rock feature of sharp relief on the far left of the frame borders the foothills of the mountains, where Pike’s Peak is fully cloaked in growing lower clouds. A hazy morning near noon, the near landscape is cultivated greenery and roadways with signs of people walking around. The far view shows green forests and hills spanning into a cloudy horizon in Colorado.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds.

  • Canyonlands with mixed clouds shifting overhead

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    Scene notes:

    A diagonally-oriented cloud formation stretches across the frame as higher clouds also meander overhead. On the landscape, a turret-shaped boulder and other oddly shaped formations (right).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 0 frames.

  • Slower, small Cumulus clouds at winter at Grand Canyon

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    Scene notes:

    A winter landscape at Grand Canyon facing north from South Rim, with light, fluffy clouds. Along the vista and foreground, the shadows of the clouds move steadily along the scene. The north side of the canyon has a blanket of snow on the rim, which is mostly under very low vapor cover.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    20 seconds and 11 frames.

  • Slow without major sky over Bryce Canyon

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    Scene notes:

    Shadows creep up the towers of the canyon late in the afternoon.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 16 frames.