Explanation: If you could sit back and watch clouds and the sky move all night and day, what might you see? One answer from the island of Tenerife, captured over the course of the year, includes sequences that are not only breathtaking but instructive. Visible in the above time-lapse movie include clouds that seem to flow like water, a setting sun that shows numerous green flashes, the Milky Way Galaxy rising behind towering plants, a colorful double fogbow, lenticular clouds that appear stationary near their mountain peaks, and colorful moon coronas. The above video was shot solely from the Teide National Park on Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain, off the north west coast of Africa. The video also features an unusual type of plant in several scenes -- can you identify it?
The Hawaiian varieties are of the genus Argyroxiphium, but they are all part of the family Asteraceae--ironically kind of close in spelling to Asterisk.
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They are prehistoric, endangered, and are from the laurel forests there. Spanish ships in the late 1800's brought seeds to the coast of central and northern california. my mother has them in her victorian aged garden up in the redwoods. they grow up to 30 + feet during wet warm winters there...just amazing !!!
They are prehistoric, endangered, and are from the laurel forests there. Spanish ships in the late 1800's brought seeds to the coast of central and northern california. my mother has them in her victorian aged garden up in the redwoods. they grow up to 30 + feet during wet warm winters there...just amazing !!!
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Wow...what a nice video. This one gets bookmarked and the link sent out for sure. I thought it looked like a silver-sword as well, except they only grow in Hawaii...echium wildpreti you say.
madtom1999 wrote:I have 5 different computers and Vimeo never ever works on any of them!
You have to have flash player installed.
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
orin stepanek wrote:Nice video Daniel; I found it relaxing to watch.
^^^This.
Around 2:55 or so, the clouds 'flowing' down the mountains reminded me of Niagara Falls. In other parts of the video they reminded me of the ocean, the way they moved and churned.
And of course the skies throughout the video were pretty incredible!
Indigo_Sunrise wrote:the clouds 'flowing' down the mountains reminded me of Niagara Falls. In other parts of the video they reminded me of the ocean, the way they moved and churned.
Me, too! And it makes sense that they look like flowing/moving water, because that's exactly what they are: water!
A beautiful video!
Time Lapse Clouds and Sky Over the Canary Islands
