Stormy Weather

An 180 degree sky offers unlimited photo ops and never fails to amaze me.

A massive cumulonimbus built over the Caprock on Thursday evening

I was fearful for those persons in the path of this developing storm.

and thankful that it was to our east. 

The golden hour painted the landscape with copper

Sunset  here never disappoints me. 

Capitan makes a terrific marker to measure the solar march northward to Summer Solstice. 

Compare to the view on our first night at Bitter Lake 

Again Friday night another massive storm formed over the Caprock

far enough away we couldn't hear the thunder

but the light show was amazing

I depressed my shutter

to continuously

record 

227 images

in about 2 minutes. 

Another time to be thankful for the eastward flow of the weather system. 

Lovely to look at from a distance, but very fearful when it's directly overhead.