September 20 - propeller of light

Sometimes there is this amazing effect when the sunset is partially blocked by a cloud on the horizon. The clouds create shadows across the sky, and the sunlit clouds look like a giant airplane propeller.

This is the view of the actual sunset.

This is the sky in the opposite direction as the sunset-lit stripes move across the sky to the horizon.

This is a closer view of part of the illuminated striations. the light seems to spill out of the cloud.

August 20th Lions, Skulls, Muppets and Magic

Yelling, skulls, magic, lions, yikes! I guess my own state of mind has a lot to do with interpreting these beautiful images today...I wonder what I was dreaming about last night!

Cirrus clouds form a wispy backdrop for these little puffs of cumulus clouds. The lens flare adds a magic wand effect to complete the picture.

Cirrus clouds form a wispy skull shaped background for these little puffs of cumulus clouds.

I clearly see a roaring lion in this cumulus cloud!

A streak of cirrus cloud seems to move through and around these rabbit ear shapes, while a muppet-type figure yells at them from below...