Ugly Sunset

[Jack Cronkhite]

Had a heck of a storm last night. My place unscathed. Hunting partner saw considerable wind hail damage. He’s not a happy camper

[Garry L Gordon]

The 19th Century Romantic painters would have thought that sky beautiful. My guess is they didn’t own property. Still, nature is awe inspiring.

[Phillip Carr]

Daaaamn!!!!

[Joe Dreisch]

My wife calls that a "Hell Sky"! That is impressive, indeed!

[Jack Cronkhite]

My hunting partner agrees. 1700 vehicle claims for hail damage and 300 properties with hail and wind damage claims. I had no idea how bad it was only 10 miles away.

[Russell E. Cleary]

That photo should be viewed with one of the good covers of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" playing in the background.

Here is a similar art image by Anatole Klapouch.

[Mills Morrison]

Hopefully it is not the kind of weather that blows away doves and ruins the opening day of dove season.

[Phillip Carr]

What great pictures. Thanks guys for sharing.
It’s funny you mention the song Ghost riders to go along with these pictures. These photos remind me so much of the storm clouds I remember along the US/Mexican border when I was a kid growing up in Douglas AZ.
A neat bit of history about the composer of this song.
Stan Jones stated that he had been told the story when he was 12 years old by an old Native American who resided north-east of the Douglas, Arizona border town, a few miles behind D Hill, north of Agua Prieta, Sonora. The Native Americans, possibly Apache, who lived within Cochise County, believed that when souls vacate their physical bodies, they reside as spirits in the sky, resembling ghost riders. He related this story to Wayne Hester, a boyhood friend (later owner of the Douglas Cable Company). As both boys were looking at the clouds, Stan shared what the old Native American had told him, looking in amazement as the cloudy shapes were identified as the "ghost riders" that years later, would be transposed into lyrics.

This may not be the most well known version , but it’s a very early one sung by Gene Autry. It must be one of the earliest Music videos made.

https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/motionpictures/videos/ghost-riders-in-the-sky.html

[Jack Cronkhite]

We can also get nice sunsets

[Mills Morrison]

Sunrise in Namibia this March. Our tracker and PH glassing for mountain zebra

[Richard Flanders]

I could bore everyone to death with my sunrise and sunset shots from around the globe. First one is a September sunrise while moose hunting south of Fairbanks. Second is a sunset at the biological research station I managed for some years on the north slope here in Alaska. Last is a classic time lapse solstice shot taken at and by the university in mid winter. I have gobs more but I'll spare you.... or not.... Here's a few winter sunrises taken out my front window. I really like the DC-6 climbing out of the airport and over my house, likely with a load of fuel for some remote village.

[Eric Estes]

Not boring. I never tire of such images. Thanks Richard. Stuff many of us will never see.
The storm related stuff Jack posted though is also always amazing. The stuff of Escher type nightmares,

[Stan Hillis]

That first one is especially beautiful, Richard. Thanks man.

[Jack Cronkhite]

Nice Richard. Good old Mother Nature does wrap up the world in a great way at sunrise and sunset