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Clouds - 2023


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A week ago, on 4-3. As I was heading to a morning errand, I walked out the back door and saw this. Turned around and grabbed the camera and took some sunrise shots from the alley behind the house. So the house, trees and wires are part of the scenery.

 

Looking east, through the neighbors porch. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm...

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Looking south as the color as zipping past. I like howw you can see the clouds at the bottom are lit up while the clouds above it (top of image) are blocked and in the shadow and still white. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

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After the tornado in the area earlier in the day 4-5, the clearing line as the system departed hit the area right at sunset.

 

The yellows as the Sun found the opening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm...

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 A broader overview as the actual clearing became visible and the oranges were starting. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

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As the deep orange arrived. Taken with the 24-70mm at 41mm...

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Good night my darl'in, wherever you are...

 

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On 4-6 the system was still to my east but not far enough away to not give me some high clouds and with the severe clear west of me, it meant another colorful evening post sunset.

 

Starting off looking north at the backside of the firehouse and as the orange started. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)...

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A look west not long after. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)...

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As the red was coming into frame. Taken with the 100mm...

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As the red was departing the area. Taken with the 100mm (cropped in camera)...

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Cheers!

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4-7 was a copy-cat sunset. 

A look west as the Sun touched the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

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A look north as the red was creeping into the area. Pastel shades galore. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)...

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The color on the horizon. taken with the 100mm...

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Copy-cat Cheers!

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4-9 was an approaching system sunset and a study on the point of patience with some sunsets.

There was plenty of cirrus as the Sun got closer to all the gunk on the horizon as I got out to the overpass. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm...

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Trust me the light faded rapidly as the Sun sank lower. But for some reason I stayed for the last visible wavelength. Good thing I did. Later, after I got home, I saw on the visible satellite that a clear donut-hole opened up in way western Iowa. The result was a red flash that erupted from nowhere. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)...

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Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm (cropped in camera)...

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A good-to-the-last-drop sunset!

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4-10 was another seven hours of looking up.

 

The early afternoon cirrus and a partial 22 degree halo around the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

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Sometimes there is a contrail problem here in the Midwest. Taken with the 24-70mm at 38mm...

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The orange entering the area. Looking south. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm...

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The red entering the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

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The late red exiting the area to the west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm...

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Cheers!

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Been knee deep in bloom pics so I have gotten ay, way behind in my cloud pics. Going to add another day here.

 

This was from 4-13. Some nice color.

Started off ho-hum after the sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

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The red as it was creeping into the skies looking south. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

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A close-up of the stuff at the bottom of the previous image, but just a tad later hence more red. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

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And the finishing color on the horizon west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

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Cheers!

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Only, two weeks behind now. This is from 4-14.

 

I do remember racing after dinner trying to get to this sunset. I probably should have just gone to the municipal lot, which is a lot closer, but I drove all the way out to the firehouse and literally had to plop the camera down beside the car in the parking lot to get this single image. So please excuse if the horizon is a little unlevel and any other imperfections. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm (cropped in camera)...

 

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5-8 was a day of generic clouds.

 

Looking north pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm...

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Closer to sunset and some low topped build-up looking southwest. Taken with the 100mm (cropped in camera)...

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5-12 was a sparse evening but had all the colors post sunset.

 

The yellows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

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The oranges. Taken with the 24-70mm at 34mm...

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And the reds. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm...

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From 5-16.

 

Looking west at the pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

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Some of the orange in the virga, looking southwest post-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm...

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The red made an appearance as I was walking back to the car. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm...

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From 5-22.

 

Pre-sunset. taken with the 100mm, cropped in camera...

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Close to local sunset. Taken with the 100mm, cropped in camera...

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Post sunset as all the smoke interferes with the colors. Taken with the 100mm...

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And now, the sunset from 5-29.

Pre-sunset and the yellow. Taken with the 100mm (cropped in camera)...

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Post sunset and the orange with a hint of a sun pillar. Taken with the 100mm (cropped in camera...

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And the red with the hint of a sun pillar again. Taken with the 100mm (cropped in camera)...

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Cheers!

 

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5-30 was a vertical evening.

 

Looking west as I got out to the overpass and all the alto cumulus. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

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Looking east at a patch of virga with an arc segment of a rainbow embedded in it close to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

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Looking back west for the sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

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5-31 was another vertical evening.

 

When I got out to the overpass looking west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm...

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Beginning of post sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm (cropped in camera)...

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Ending of post sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm (cropped in camera)...

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And now for something completely different, a sunrise from 6-3. That was a work day so this was taken from the alley behind the garage so the security light, trees and neighbor's house are all part of the equation. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm...

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