der Blick vom Unger auf Lilienstein & Co.
Vor Sonnenuntergang
“Before Sunset” – a beautiful pre-sunset photo from Radelnder uHu.
Vor Sonnenuntergang
Tag Archives: Skyscapes
Alisan National Scenic Area 阿里山國家風景區
Alisan (Mount Ali) in central Taiwan is known for the giant cypress trees, train ride to see famous sunrise/sunset and sea of cloud and with numerous…
Alisan National Scenic Area 阿里山國家風景區
Beautiful photos of mountains in central Taiwan from Stephen Hung. He has many more stunningly gorgeous photos on his blog.
Sun Spots
Our weather has been very overcast with a lot of rain and drizzle, but sometimes we get little sun breaks that provide an impressive contrast in colour and mood.
The sky, hills and water palette are beautifully offset by the sunlit winter fields.
It’s very wet and the wind can be unpleasant, too, but the wintery greyish-blues and lustrous pewters are gorgeous.
Happy Thursday.
#ScenicSaturday 30th December 2023
My photos in these continuing series show our beautiful world with the aim of encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from …
#ScenicSaturday 30th December 2023
A gorgeous Welsh sunset from Stuart Aken. I hope you take the time to visit his site. Cheers.
Mountain Clouds
The Okanagan Valley is surrounded by mountains: there are sub-ranges of the Rockies to the east of us, the Coastal Mountains are to the west of us and the Okanagan range of the Cascade Mountains are to the southwest of us. It’s no surprise then that our valley becomes subject to a lot of cloud and mist, particularly in the winter.
Penticton’s elevation is 385m (1263 ft) and the mountains around us are at least another 700m (2300 ft) higher; mist and cloud are typically trapped by mountain ranges.
I love watching the interplay of cloud and light as it forms, disperses and reforms, all the while playing peek-a-boo with the sun.
Happy Winter Solstice – if you’re in the northern hemisphere, from now forward our days become longer.
Lofty Sunset
The sunset as we flew northwest was stunning.
The colder air together with the sun’s angle combine to provide spectacular colours.
Happy Wednesday.
Retrospective
As we prepare to leave the Caribbean to return to a very rainy Okanagan Valley via an apparently also rainy Toronto, here are a few favourite photos.
Happy Tuesday. I’ll soon be posting from home.
More Rain!
The storm that passed a couple of days ago was quickly followed by another. I was awakened in the night to what sounded like a freight train outside my window, but turned out to be pounding rain and shrieking wind.
Earlier in the evening, I took a shot of an underlit tree with the rain pouring around it. With the addition of some soap an outside shower would have been completely possible!
On the beach, Poseidon and Triton were whipping up some oceanic discontent. We didn’t stay long and were happy to go inside before the worst came barrelling through!
Happy Monday.
After the Storm
The storm that passed by us dropping a lot of rain and whipping up the wind has continued on out to sea. It has left a disturbed ocean, however.
This photo doesn’t really do them justice, but these waves were quite high.
The red do-not-swim warning flags were out everywhere, but lots of people were going in the water anyway. The waves coming up on the beach were definitely powerful enough to knock down children or anyone who’s a bit unsteady. We took a long walk on the beach but didn’t swim.
Happy Sunday.
Passing Storm
A storm has passed through over the last 24 hours. It’s not a tropical storm per se, but the wind has been strong and it certainly has dumped a lot of rain.
The clouds suddenly rolled in and the wind picked up …
… the rain came down in torrents …
… but we will soon return to clear skies.
Happy Saturday.
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