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2 of 3 | Low clouds moving at night over mountain range in moonlight

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Mt Whitney is seen among its neighboring peaks in the Sierra Nevada range of mountains at night. With the long shutter speed of three seconds and an interval of five seconds and clouds quickly float overhead. The stratus clouds floating high enough fly over, the lower ones are caught and piled up on a few of the peaks. A landscape of hills made of smooth and rocks of varying sizes, from massive to minute, climbs to the left of the frame.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
6 seconds and 80 frames.

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

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A starry night sky on a gently rising slope leading up in the lower fifth of the frame. In the lower left corner, light pollution yellows a thin layer of clouds, and the sky spins left-right. Along the landscape a car or two travels around at a low speed, its headlights seemingly searching in the dark. Not facing in the direction of the galactic plane, which is the area of the night sky in which the majority of our galaxies starts are visible.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
14 seconds and 7 frames.

Early night above a boreal forest in Alberta, Canada

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A blue-graded night of stars overhead the forest silhouettes.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
3 seconds and 4 frames.

Night moonrise at Grand Canyon looking northeast

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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.

San Francisco Bay Bridge traffic at dusk with skyline behind traffic and bay

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From a unique viewpoint on Yerba Buena island, the Bay Bridge has two directions of traffic on different levels, and is a gateway into the city. The skyline is silhouetted on the evening light. The daylight is left with the sun and transitions to night, and thousands of cars and vehicles pass through the bridge during this time.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
13 seconds and 10 frames.

Night sky galaxy with galactic cloud, meteorites, satellites, airplanes

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Deep in the desert next to a small face of rocks and stone, jaggedly sticking out into the backdrop of stars. The crop moves to enlarge the galactic cloud slightly. The very faint light pollution in the distance does not intrude into the sky’s features. A variety of objects can also be observed in the night sky.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
14 seconds and 25 frames.

2 of 2 Clouds at night illuminated partly by city…

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City lights under stars, aircraft flying over. The Big Dipper, the famous constellation, is observable at the top of the frame. The lower left corner has stratus clouds, but the sky is otherwise clear. A couple of airplanes can be seen flying through, under a starry night sky with a long exposure of several seconds and interval of just as much time.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
25 seconds.

Dusk-to-night over rocky landscape into stars and blueish darkness overhead

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Sunset with pink clouds rapidly changes to blue hour and nighttime, a huge boulder field is silhouetted on the sky, which has high clouds that evaporate in the night quickly.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
20 seconds and 24 frames.