Oregon is famous for rainy weather, but that's a tad unfair. Summers are clear, and if you head inland a ways the weather can be highly conducive for clear skies fairly often. Oregon's landscape is dramatic, too, and makes for a fine foreground if, say, you want to spend half a year compiling images to make a lovely time lapse video. Much like this one:
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Did you see those weird and vaguely menacing clouds about 40 seconds in? Wow. This video was made by Ben Canales, John Waller, Steve Engman, and Blake Johnson of Uncage the Soul Productions
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, as I do a lot of other photographers -- it makes my day a lot better to see amazing and beautiful pictures go by in the stream. One of my favorite things to do while watching these time lapse videos of the night ...