One of the reasons my wife Liz and I love to visit the Canary Islands in winter (apart from the warmth, that is), is to catch the beautiful sunsets over the Atlantic ocean.
But there can be a fly in the ointment in the form of the calima, a wind from the east that blows sand and dust from the Sahara desert, filling the sky above the horizon with a brown haze.
And for this sunset timelapse, filmed from the Mirador Astronómico de la Degollada de las Yeguas, high in the mountains above Maspalomas on the south coast of Gran Canaria, the calima was in action, muting the clarity of sunset, but on the positive side, providing a lovely orange glow in the sky during the earlier part of the sunset.
An interesting effect, and worth filming.
Filename - arteara sunset timelapse 01
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 1/400 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Exposure (end of sequence) - 1/60 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Filters - None.
Shooting interval - 2 seconds
Location - Mirador Astronómico de la Degollada de las Yeguas, Gran Canaria, The Canary Islands
Music - Lifting Dreams - Aakash Gandhi
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K, and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 13 seconds
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