After a stormy week, a quiet sky at sunset with colors like a rainbow is just what is needed for today.
Quiet Colorful Sunset
Picture of the Day for July 12, 2015
Last night the sun was the pinkish-red ball again, like the week of smokey skies, but at least there some clouds from the passing rain shower to the north to give a colorful sunset. Tonight the predicted storms will probably hide the sun as it sets although a rainbow would be nice.
Hot Summer Sunset
Picture of the Day for June 21, 2015
On this warm, sunny day, it feels like summer and it should since it is officially summer today. And a perfect way to end a warm summer day is to watch the sun set over the water while listening to the ten foot waterfall on the Turtle River in the background. The sky changes color over the forty minute show from the more orange yellow colors while the sun is still above the horizon to the pinkish blues long after the sunset has slipped from sight and it is always hard for me to pick my favorite shot but since it is the first day of summer, I decide the warmer orange glow was more fitting to start off the summer season.
Summer Sunset Over Lake of the Falls
Picture of the Day for May 24, 2015
Today is Pentecost, from the ancient Christian expression pentekoste hemera, which means “fiftieth day” which was borrowed from the Jewish holiday Shavuot. For Christians, Pentecost is a holiday on which commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the early followers of Jesus and the start of the church. The Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament state, “And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. All of a sudden, a sound came from heaven, like a strong wind, filling the house where the people had gathered. Something like tongues of fire rested on their heads.”
These scary clouds look like fire descending from the sky and coming down to earth so maybe what it looked like on first Christian Pentecost.
Fiery Clouds
Picture of the Day for May 17, 2015
The contrail from an airplane almost looks like a funnel coming out of the cloud like a tornado or an alien spaceship vacuuming up samples from Earth. With the threat of storms today, there might not be a visible sunset tonight but hopefully no tornadoes today like there was yesterday in Minnesota.
Contrail at Sunset
Picture of the Day for May 3, 2015
With the threat of thunderstorms later today, there probably won’t be a colorful sunset to see if the sun is hidden by storm clouds.
Springtime Sunset
Picture of the Day for February 21, 2015
The below normal February temperatures this year is allowing some ice formation by the sea caves again, for the third time this year. And if the winds don’t blow the ice pack away from the cliffs, the caves might open in a week or two for visitors again but at the moment there are too many thin spots to walk safely on the ice like last year.
A Walk on the Ice
Picture of the Day for February 8, 2015
The dark bare limbs with a pink backdrop from a sunrise or sunset adds color during winter days.
Winter Pink
Picture of the Day for December 7, 2014
The sun setting by a waterfall is a peaceful experience, but many didn’t get to experience a sunset on a Sunday December 7 day in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and more than 2,400 people were killed in a day which President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim “a date which will live in infamy”.
Some wars are said to be won but no one ever wins from wars. Fights and wars still continue today from major conflicts, with more lost of life, to smaller fights and arguments which tear friends and family apart. Maybe someday everyone in the world can enjoy peace.
Peaceful Sunset Waterfall
Picture of the Day for November 30, 2014
Some winter sunsets can be pretty but they are also often very cold and the camera battery doesn’t last long in the colder temperatures (and sometimes the photographer doesn’t stay outside in the cold either).
Cold Winter Sunset
