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Here is something I do not do very often. A mid-afternoon daytime cumulus with a strategically placed clump of maple leaves... Back to the evening sunset colors, looking south east... Last of the color...

There was a chance that the back edge of the front would just make it far enough east to give me a colorful sunset so I had to be out there just in case. When I got to the pond, Still lots of clouds... What is that bright orb in the sky? Have not seen it in a number of days now... Managed to get a quick, brief red flash, nice...

5.4 in my tippy bucket. A solid event total. The east coast can keep the extreme event totals. This was plenty.

So far, 4.16 in the tippy bucket here at the house. Jives well with the radar estimation. Luckily the relatively dry soils have handled this four inches well. But if tomorrow or Sunday we do another four inches I would expect some water troubles in the area.

Looking east north east when I got to the pond this evening... There was only one cloud sort of to the west. Actually it was more straight overhead but it was drifting to the west. 16mm was almost not wide enough... As that cloud transitioned to red...

The edge of the ridge stayed north of me so I figured the sunset would be another dud. Well I was wrong. All the convection north of me spit out this one tendril of clouds due south and in just the perfect position for a perfect sunset.

When I got to the pond this evening, this was one of my first images. I did not realize it till I got home and downloaded but there was some crepuscular rays going on close to the Sun. The glare prevented me from seeing them. Glad I took the image so I could *see* it... Had to attempt a reflection image, whether the water was going to cooperate or not... Max dynamics on the color. Just about the whole kitchen in this one. From magenta to red and orange and even a bit of yellow. Not to mention the blues... Started the day with crepuscular rays and going to end it with crepuscular rays also. These shadows are from well over the horizon as the come from the tops of cells in Iowa...

^ A little more info might be helpful. Such as location, time of day and direction of image. To me is just looks like a nice sharp cut off moisture. While it might not be an every day occurrence, it is not weird or uncommon. At least in my mind.

Most of the time, contrails make me grind my teeth. Other times like this evening they can really add to the feeling of depth in an image... Early orange... Late orange... And some extremely late color with the 100mm. Strong magenta tint...

I had high hopes for the sunset this evening. The only badnews/goodnews thing was the wind. Was fairly stiff so there was zero chance at any reflection shots. But that just meant that not using any filters allowed me to be more accurate on the color. The white when I got to the pond... Local sunset. As you can see, the west started opening up. Just what the doctor ordered... And now the color starts in earnest. The yellow... The orange... And last but not least, the red...

Kind of a plain night this evening with a contrail to muck the image up a tad... As I was walking to the car after calling it a night, there was some faint cloud shadows from the tops of the cells in Iowa and Missouri...

Tonight was strictly a 100mm night. There was only one cloud and it was way out there... At sunset... The orange... The red...

Nice night out at the pond with it only being a little on the muggy side. When I got to the pond, the view to the south east was photogenic... As the Sun got lower into the Haze/smoke murk... The Sun dipping into another cloud layer way to the west... Here the Sun pops out of the distant cloud layer just before sunset. The Sun is really pink due to all the particulate matter in the way... I hoped there would be a red flash with the Sun sneaking out at the last second. Well there was but it was more orange rather than red... And way past late but I liked the distant cloud shadows and I ended up making the colors a little over the top in trying to make the shadows stand out better. It is what it is....

I saw that this morning on the news also. I guess I should have waited a few hours before commenting.

Isolated stone size? I do not see any glass damage to any of those vehicles.

Thanks for the information IWXwx.

The clouds were kind of out there to the west this evening. Had to go with the 24-70mm for the extra reach. This second image is only four minutes after the first. You can see just how quick the sunsets are getting already. This one also shows the smoke a bit better.

Just how high do the graduations go before they either run out, or the gauge overflows?

Departing systems is always a race between some clouds and no clouds. Well tonight the clouds had the track shoes on. On your mark, get set, go!... At the halfway point, it almost isn't a race...

No reason to head to the pond with the horizon socked in, so I was able to just stay in the front yard this evening.

Best clouds were to the north when I went out to the pond this evening.

Another smoky sunset here. They only give low contrast, low color sunsets. Only interesting shot was one of only a minor technical issue. I was able to indirectly see the Sun while I was blocked direct path with the bill board. With the camera being three to four feet above the reflective surface (the water), I could see the Sun while not really seeing the Sun. Kinda cool.

Absolutely. Could even smell it after sunset here.

When I got to the pond this evening there was a little splotch of either virga or a cloud that the Sun was illuminating and making some rainbow colors. Hopefully you can see the color either above the car or the second tall tree from the right side. It was not much color but it was something...