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Hoosier, your new avatar made me lol. For those of us with December birthdays, we can stand behind that hat.

DAB this morning here. Then snizzle during the lunch hour. Followed by drizzle/mist in the afternoon that melted the last of the 2.5" from Saturday in the backyard. Back to all green grass at sunset, just the way I like it.

11-5 had so much going on. (One) it was the last time I was able to get to/ see the sunset after work on a work day because that night/ next morning the time change happened. (Two) The environmental conditions were a little difficult even though the images do not show it. There had been a potent frontal passage and the winds were still gusting in the 40's when taking these. Just walking to the overpass was a struggle and I had to keep the tripod unextended and low to the ground to keep it from tipping over. Getting myself down to a camera only 12" off of the ground isn't easy so any uneven horizons are all on me. (Three) There as a sharp cloud cut off that timed out close to perfect to make it one to remember. When I arrived at the overpass looking east southeast. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking south. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... As the wild reds/pink/purples transit the area. Normally I try to pick an image that does not have any vehicles in it but the colors in this single image was too perfect, so the mommy van stays in. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Good night my darlin', wherever you are...

11-3 was about the cirrus and contrails. At the yellows of the post sunset. Taken with the 100mm... As the reds head into the area from overhead. Taken ith the 24-70mm at 35mm... At the reds on the horizon. Taken with the 100mm... Cheers!

Any colorful sunset.

And here I was depressed about the 2.5" we got here yesterday. The thought of 10" is nightmare stuff. lol

10-26 was a minimalist sunset both in color and in amount of clouds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 38mm...

10-24 was a two-part experience behind the viewfinder. Part A was at noon. An even patina of cirrus covered the Sun and left this nice partial 22 degree halo around the Sun. This was taken from my side yard and unfortunately has all the wires and trees in it. But it does give a better sense of scale. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Part B was the normal post sunset. This was taken with the 100mm... And more of a wide angle view. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm...

10-23 had a great variety of clouds for the late afternoon/ early evening. Over an hour before sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking south-southeast around sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... As the post sunset begins. Taken with the 100mm... Cheers!

10-22 illustrated just how fast sunsets at the end of October occur. There was only 12 minutes 45 seconds between these two images. Very close to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 59mm... Post sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 53mm...

10-19, 10-20 and 10-21 all looked very similar. I am going just to use one image from the 19th for all three days. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm...

10-18 was about the red flash again. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

10-16 was sparse but colorful Pre-sunset. taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Post sunset taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm...

10-15 was about the red flash. Looking to the northeast as the red headed into the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking southwest as the red wwas retreating. I liked the way the red was intermittently painted in streaks across the sky. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm...

19-11 as about the afternoon clouds as a system bore down on the area. Looks like the clouds were caught between cumulus and stratus, or cumulustratus as I like to call it. I am sure there is a specific name for these clouds, but I just thought they looked cool. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm...

10-10 was another decent evening for clouds. Looking east southeast when I got out to the overpass at some white cumulus. Taken with the 16-35mm at 19mm... Some more crepuscular rays closer to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm...

10-9 had some faint crepuscular rays close to the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

10-6 taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm...

10-3 Taken with the 100mm...

Only 0.09" here and KIND went above 50mph twice on the five minute obs. On the way home from work yesterday, there was a few fences along fields coated and draped with corn fodder and quite a few limbs down. Will get the camera out and see what I can see this morning.

Do you know what the ground is like at depth there? Trees do have to grow down before they can grow up. Is there a deep hard layer of clay in the area?

Leaves are more on the ground than in the trees here now.

10-4 was OK. Taken with the 100mm...

9-28 close to the sunset. Taken with 24-70mm at 33mm...

9-25 was about the cumulus. Mid-morning. Taken with the 24-70mm at 25mm... Early evening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...