V03716 720p HD Beautiful multi-layered high cloud timelapse

[kumaraisin]

This is great! how did you create the layers?

[jcmegabyte]

Actually, nature did all the creating; I just time-lapsed it :-) It is fairly common for clouds at different altitudes to travel in different directions at the same time (I have recorded up to 4 layers). The wind, clouds and atmospheric conditions can be very different within only 1000 feet of elevation. Within the lower 10 miles (52,800') of atmosphere where most clouds are, there can be a TON of variation. Check these out:

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Cheers! :-)

[kumaraisin]

@jcmegabyte Thanks for the reply and DUH; so typical of me to assume something like that was done in a computer when it's actually 100% natural and seeeriously pretty! I like, like, like.

[jcmegabyte]

Probably the coolest thing is how time lapse photography shows these things you just can't see very well in real time with the naked eye, but these things CAN be done with various compositing techniques too, so it's not so far-out to wonder if it's real or CGI... In fact, I did it in Windows Movie Maker with this very cloud scene in my "SkyFish" video! v=E5GB-gTpSIs =)