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The sunset of 7-30. Amazing what changes can occur in just three minutes. Close to local sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Just three minutes later. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

After what seems like a month of only a tenth here and there, so far totaling 2.21" in the tippy bucket this morning. Some impressive rain last night.

Rain is at the state line. I wonder if it will find a way to miss/split around me again. Super parched here. All the green things are turning yellow and brown again. Ground is as hard as concrete.

Gorgeous set. The added height even makes that area more amazing.

Ain't it great!

So I look up this First Street Foundation and see it is a real estate think tank.

And now for something completely different, a sunrise on 7-30. And on a workday to boot. Just happened to time out right as I was just about to head to work. Just threw up the camera in the alley beside the garage and had to deal with the house and trees all around. Not bad for no concentration and just a set-up then click-n-go. Taken with the 24-70mm at 42mm...

7-29 just continued the string of superlatives. Started off with a small sundog (parhelia) to the south side of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 65mm... The sky colors close to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... The reds looking to the north. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... The reds looking to the west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... The bruise colors as the colors leach to the southwest. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Cheers!

7-28 was simply spectacular. No other way to put it. What it started like pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 42mm... The colors as the post sunset just got started. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... The orange. Taken with the 24-70mm at 40mm... The beginning of the reds, vertically. Taken with the 24-70mm at 2mm... The end of the reds, horizontally. Taken with the 24-70mm at 53mm... Good night my darlin', wherever you are....

The good thing about a misty night is that I am able to knock out some of the backlog on the cloud pics. 7-27 was another classic looking Midwest sunset. The pre-sunset conditions. Taken with the 16-35mm at 17mm... The beginning of the post sunset. Taken with the 16-35mm at 23mm... The orange. Taken with the 24-70mm at 27mm... Ending the evening and the reds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 59mm... Cheers!

7-25 was only the late afternoon clouds taken from my side yard. Both images were taken within one minute of each other. The only difference was the orientation of the camera. Landscape mode. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Portrait mode. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

7-22 as a classic sunset with excellent cloud definition. Pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 42mm... The beginning of the post sunset and the gamut of colors. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... Ending the evening with the reds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Good night my darlin', wherever you are...

Our summer of sun has been interrupted by a stratus day. Hopefully just a short reminder of what is coming in store for us in the next season.

Just the other day I happened to look at this and was surprised just how warm Ontario was.

7-20 was about the crepuscular rays/ cloud shadows again. Not especially bright but still noticeable. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... A shade later. Taken with the 24-70mm at 59mm...

7-18 had a lot of low level moisture in the atmosphere. Made for a very gauzy viewing. But there were some nice side effects. From the parking lot when I got to the firehouse. Some bright crepuscular rays. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... Looking south at what Bob Ross would call "some happy clouds". Taken with the 24-70mm at 31mm... Some more cloud shadows/crepuscular rays closer to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Ending the evening looking to the east for a change and the variance of color on the cloud column. Taken with 24-70mm at 47mm...

7-17 has plenty of clouds and the light was not too shabby also. Looking southwest as I got out to the overpass. Taken with the 16-35mm at 18mm... A look west with the Sun and the glory. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... The orange of the post sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 42mm... The reds with some nice cloud shadows from some over-the-horizon clouds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Cheers!

I thought with the supposed rain that the morning low of 72 would not hold. But the rain avoided the area again and the temps stayed up so the 72 holds. Got to love room temp lows. Dog Day of Summer indeed.

Looks like KIND max was 91/72/99. I suppose I could go on a Spartaman rant about how we can't hit the century index but it was plenty warm enough for me cutting the lawn this afternoon.

Kind of the same here. Was that a low or a meso low in southern Indiana? Looks like it put out a boundary that was tracking southeast to northwest. Did blow out a top that was in perfect position for the sunset, so that was nice.

Thanks for that link. That 1,000 footer that came in around 2 in the afternoon made those tall ships look like toy boats. lol

7-13 as wild and wooly with the colors. Starting off with a cumulonimbus layer cake looking to the southeast. Taken ith the 100mm... Pretty standard colors looking to the south. Taken with the 24-70mm at 27mm... Some cotton candy colors looking back to the southeast. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Some vivid red looking to the south. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Finishing the evening looking to the southwest and the wild reds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm again... Cheers!

7-11 was all about the alto cumulus. And needed the wide angle to get it all. Looking northeast. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Looking southeast. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm...

On 7-10 everything as close to the horizon. Starting off looking north-northwest close to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The beginning of post sunset color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The end of the color with the reds. Taken with the 100mm...

Only 0.81" here. Some wind/tree damage in town. Was out of power here at the house when I got back from the laundromat.