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Post-Storm Clouds

            Post-Storm Clouds. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A great variety of clouds and fog as a summer storm clears over the Eastern Sierra.

No, I am still not quite finished with this spectacular evening in the Sierra backcountry. In early August our group spent a week base-camped in the wilderness, heading out each day (often starting before sunrise and concluding after dark) to photograph our spectacular surroundings. We had pretty challenging weather for the first 24 hours, but on the evening of the second day the storm broke up, and just at sunset things opened up enough to allow alpenglow to light up the sky.

There was no guarantee of this sort of result — which is often the case when chasing such subjects. Not long before this things were pretty gray, and fog drifted just overhead, obscuring trees and peaks — though we could see that things were lightening up a bit. Then a bit of pink showed up on the higher clouds, gradually working its way down though the various layers left by the departing storm. I had been photographing the fog, but I quickly turned my attention to this developing and very colorful scene! As the sky became more and more colorful, a cloud of lighter fog enveloped the top of a ridge on the other side of the valley beyond the lake. A few minutes after this spectacular finale... the show was over.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

Taken on: August 5, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS R, f/6.3, 0.3 sec, 35mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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