| | Oh Happy Day!
Glorious, blessed rain!
(and just in time for San Juan's Day!)
It came out of nowhere! Not in the day's forecast...but clouds started building in the morning, and made a huge line of thunderstorms for our local area by early afternoon...two weeks before the official start of monsoon season. It was a real gullywasher...we probably got several inches of rain (and that is a lot, when you only get about 15 inches a year!) It brought the temperatures down into the 60's (F) in the middle of the afternoon. (had all the doors open!  ) Lots of cloud-to-ground lightning...and by evening, while it was still sprinkling, we were treated to this glorious sight..
(click on the pictures to view larger)
Yes, this rainbow is extensively photoshopped.  It took six shots to get the whole rainbow, and then I stiched those together. Then I filled the rest of the picture in with clone stamped clouds and a funky rendition of our front yard tree. But you ge the idear....
The light at sunset was surreally orange. I set my camera for ISO 1600 for these shots...no flash. The colors here are really accurate for how the light was..
And as the sun sunk low out of sight, the rain gently continued....
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| | Posted 6/22/2006 4:32 PM - 2 views - 9 comments
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