Big, Colorful Skies

The valley has been filled with smoke this past week from nearby wildfires, but it’s made for some colorful sunsets. An added bonus was glimpsing Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it swings by earth. 80,000 years later it should return…

Late Summer Storm

As is typical out here, when a storm gathers it becomes a huge and impressive spectacle. The other night I witnessed the rolling clouds move through the mountains after sunset, and the brief yet searing flashes of lightning revealed the scale of this storm. As the rain fell, the fragrance of sagebrush filled the air.