Higher level clouds over desert monoliths transform while the moon rises

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Scene notes:

A moon-rise over Monument Valley. Cirrocumulus and Cirrostratus clouds moving in a starry night sky against three massive monoliths in the far desert. An eight second interval is used with a long exposure to capture more light than what is visible to the naked eye.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
21 seconds and 4 frames.

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