The Unexpected

[JimFox]

I drove out to Joshua Tree NP from my house in SoCal. The purpose was to do a Milky Way Timelapse and Deep Space Astro. The forecast was for clear skies and no Winds until noon the following day.

As I am driving in and getting closer, it dawn on me that the sky is pretty cloudy, what happened to the clear skies? When I got to the campsite, I decided I might as well prepare to photograph sunset. And I needed to check the weather!

Soon after I ran out into the desert chasing down Joshua Trees for just the right ones. Soon the clouds started to turn pink and Red!

This is one of many images from 2 nights ago.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Outstanding sunset color show. You picked well for your Joshua tree foreground.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

That is really pretty, Jim.

 

[larryj]

Beautiful image Jim, thanks for sharing!

 

[JimFox]

Outstanding sunset color show. You picked well for your Joshua tree foreground.

Thanks Alan, I had to run a bit to find trees poking up in the right direction. You typically don't call desert scenes lush, but this area by the campground is very lush with low brush, so it wasn't easy to find Joshua Trees poking up and not having a huge shrub also poking up.

 

[JimFox]

That is really pretty, Jim.

Thanks so much Doug!

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful image Jim, thanks for sharing!

I appreciate that Larry! Beautiful sunsets are always awesome to enjoy in person.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

That is a win in my book, Jim. Nice sunset colors anchored well with a foreground.

 

[JimFox]

That is a win in my book, Jim. Nice sunset colors anchored well with a foreground.

Thanks so much Jameel. It sure felt like a win.

I had to wait before I could do my Astro, but it cleared up about 9pm.

 

[John Holbrook]

Gorgeous image!

 

[JimFox]

Gorgeous image!

Thanks so much John!