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.
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.
Green vegetation on a snowy ground ends on the red rock that extends into the canyon, and further
out, vast scree and boulder fields below followed by massive rock steps. Shadows from low clouds,
mostly out of frame, creep along the canyon interior.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
23 seconds and 25 frames.
Mid-level clouds cast shadows of varying darkness on the Grand Canyon. While the North Rim sits at an
angle, it will always annoy those who insist the horizon always be perfectly straight. But what
happens when the Earth’s horizon does not sit perfectly flat? Such is nature!
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
3 seconds and 26 frames.
The North Rim, Grand Canyon viewpoint with layers of geologic time exposed in the afternoon. Shadows
from nearby low clouds shower the cliffs, boulder and scree fields below.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
5 seconds and 2 frames.
In the mid-morning with clouds above and cliffs all forward. The continuation of a Night clip. The
exposure has been adjusted for the daytime. The high Cirrus clouds are tending to clear, as well as
the smoke in the window of the canyon beyond where impassable red rock cliffs, scree and degraded
side slopes, and colluvium boulder fields dominate the land below.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 11 frames.
…slowly on Grand Canyon desert in the distance, approaching Ten rock layers are visible in this vista, with ‘the great uncomformity’ (which indicates a gap in the geologic records) clearly visible as a rock step at the feet of massive boulder fields, which comprise much of a rim-like edge to the Colorado below. Light cloud shadows travel over the walls and slopes of the canyon. length at 30 fps: 11 seconds and 21 frames.
The sunrise is displayed on Grand Canyon, light slowly brightening. The clouds above in the shifting
sunlight transform wildly in the new light, and then gradually lose previous semblance of color.
Instead of being lit from below, the clouds above are lit from above shortly after dawn. The desert
canyon vista that stretches many miles is eventually illuminated like any other day.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
50 seconds and 4 frames.