Time Lapse Clouds and Sky Over the Canary Islands

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 flash es, 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?