Posted in Clouds, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Storm clouds on May 29, 2008 | 16 Comments »
The forecast for the afternoon yesterday included a storm front coming in from the south and sure enough in the late afternoon the clouds began piling up. How I love to see those summer thunderstorms come rolling in!
Posted in Clouds, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on March 30, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Today began with bright sun and finished with heavy clouds and snowstorms. March is supposed to go out like a lamb, not a polar bear!
At the mid point of a short hike today the clouds were very interesting and so I brought back some photos of them. (I have a huge weakness for clouds!) The [...]
Posted in Clouds, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on August 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Finally, a little relief from the heat and desert-like humidity. It was only a little rain, but with it came cooler temperatures and beautiful clouds. A peaceful, although likely short, break from the fires.
Raindrops on wildflowers:
Clouds with windows:
Clouds above, clouds below:
How pleasant it is to know that those are real clouds for a change and [...]
Posted in Butterflies, Clouds, Flowers, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Sunrise on July 29, 2007 | 12 Comments »
It was an orange day, from the clouds at sun rise
to the lilies in the late afternoon. I wonder, why orange?
Posted in Clouds, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on July 29, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Not a bad start for a day.
Posted in Clouds, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Sunsets on July 24, 2007 | 11 Comments »
What a difference 180º makes. These two photos were taken at about 8:30 last night, the first toward the west, the second toward the east. They were taken ten minutes apart.
Posted in Clouds, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Storm clouds, Sunsets on July 22, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I don’t know if this phenomenon occurs in non-mountains areas or not. At sunset there was a dark storm overhead and to the west, but at a compass reading of 135º (directly southeast) a window in the sky opened and orange clouds showed through: the other side of the sunset.
Posted in Clouds, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Storm clouds, Sunsets on July 19, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Last evening during an interlude between two thunder storms I took this photo. It was black overhead and to the west from the storm, but there was a light show going on due east. Storms in the mountains sometimes have strange twists.
