It started thundering and raining a little bit ago. I looked out the patio window, because the light had gotten a little funny looking, and saw a rainbow. I didn’t notice until I had downloaded the photo to my computer that it was a double bow. If you look closely, you can see a faint bow outside of the primary bow.
A storm blew through on Saturday afternoon, and my brother said he was going to look for a rainbow. About ten minutes later, sure enough, a rainbow popped up.
It was snowing when I left for work, but even in the pre-dawn dark, I could see the clouds breaking up. By the time the sun rose, the sky was mostly clear. Clear skies are nice, but they also mean cold weather. It was 11F when I got to work. Don’t know what the wind chill was, but it was cold.
There’s some fish-eye action with this lens, but that’s typical of all small cameras. I usually straighten bowed lines in Photoshop, but I kind of liked these, so I left them in.
Crepuscular Rays, New Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana
I took this as I was coming back from cat sitting last night. One thing about living here is that, when you’re driving, the view is constantly changing with every hill and curve. This is one of the few relatively flat areas along this particular stretch of road. It’s also about the only section of road with a safe place to pull over, so when I saw how dramatic the sky had become, I hoped that there’d be something interesting to see when I got there.
I happened to pull over in front of a house where roofers were working. They must have thought I’d lost my mind, because when I got out of the car and started taking pictures, they all stopped working to watch me.
[Sun drawing water is what the ancient Greeks called crepuscular rays. Not exactly how evaporation works, but it does make a certain amount of logical sense.]
red paper boat 