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Airplanes can be seen later in the sky. Clouds quickly fly by in this sky, leaving stars.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds.
Timelapse of stars with clouds zooming by overhead
Tag: faster
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Rocky Mountain National Park alpine meadow clouds 2 of 2
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Rocky Mountain National Park on a partly cloudy day looking east from a viewpoint with towering clouds just off in the distance, their shadows quickly traversing the landscape as it becomes cloudier.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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Steam from geyser in winter at Yellowstone 3 of 3
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Up very close to an active thermal vent in Yellowstone. The fastest motion even from a very short interval.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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Steam from geyser in winter at Yellowstone 2 of 3
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Thermal vents surrounded by trees in the early morning release steam into cold air, which speeds condensation from hot water. The temperature contrast is higher in winter and colder weather.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds. -
Steam from hotsprings in winter at Yellowstone 1 of 3
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Hot springs venting steam, resembling rapidly rising clouds. Due to the energetic and copious steam from unusually high activity, this has the fastest motion of all timelapses on this site.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
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1 of 2 | Low clouds flow smoothly on mountainous Napali coast mountains
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Some of the biggest shield volcanoes on Earth created the Hawaiian island chain, which are completely separate from the main continental plates which shape so much of the rest of our world. As such, it seems fitting for Hawaiian to be an exotic and often otherworldly place. For being so new, the islands are, mostly, so green. The verdant landscapes are covered in jungle all the way to their peaks where the cliffs are nearly sheer. The dense woods are home to so many fruiting plants like mango, tart guava berries and sweet pineapple grown for millennia by the indigenous people. With clouds flowing and appearing to get ‘tripped up’ by this peak near center-frame, fog joins the cloud and vice versa, with no clear boundary between. Every visible air current from the orographic lift effect can be seen on the outer cloud.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds. -
Fast low-level clouds near sunset creating crepuscular rays
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A longer interval of around ten seconds is used. Clouds in the late afternoon at have enough space between them to allow sunlight through, and the humidity brings out vibrant light rays. The clouds blow quickly on the land, and as the second half of the clip goes, the light rays are observed to rapidly shift with the openings of the cloud positions. These crepuscular rays are not uncommon in partly cloudy, high humidity skies one to three hours before sunset. With days being far longer, the summer has more time and opportunity for these rays to reach through. But clouds are less common in Oregon during the summer, so often fall and spring are fair times as the day progresses, and some clouds are persisting. Far below in the frame of the clip, meadows are shadowed frequently among a forested, hilly landscape, with a lake in the far distance before the coast range of buttes and mountains. Length at 30 fps: 16:15
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4 of 4 | Fast fog bank rolling on alpine meadow late day
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The continuation of another clip.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
4 seconds and 28 frames.