I get lucky sometimes. This town can have gorgeous sunsets and wild cloud formations. This geographical area sits in an odd position, butting up against a very small mountain range called Thunder Ridge (with Occaneechi Mountain) and, to the East, the Piedmont Plateau drop off. Anyone who has ever driven I-85 knows where the drop off is…because, driving West, you have to climb. I’ve actually witnessed storms parting this area on radar because of the Ridge. We can get some spectacular formations: https://cosmic-observation.com/2020/04/19/snapshots-sunday-sky-gazing-4-0/
It does! Interesting you mention that. We were watching the re-visit of Mount St. Helens last night on The Smithsonian Channel. There was a WWI veteran living near the blast and they never found him…or his house. They found a photographer, that was there to snap pictures of the eruption…in his car, full of ashes.
Interesting! I hadn’t heard about that guy. He wasn’t covered in the Smithsonian episode. They covered the other photographer, lumberjacks, the veteran and a couple that was camping.
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May 9, 2021 at 9:24 AM
That is an amazing photo.
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May 9, 2021 at 3:30 PM
I get lucky sometimes. This town can have gorgeous sunsets and wild cloud formations. This geographical area sits in an odd position, butting up against a very small mountain range called Thunder Ridge (with Occaneechi Mountain) and, to the East, the Piedmont Plateau drop off. Anyone who has ever driven I-85 knows where the drop off is…because, driving West, you have to climb. I’ve actually witnessed storms parting this area on radar because of the Ridge. We can get some spectacular formations:
https://cosmic-observation.com/2020/04/19/snapshots-sunday-sky-gazing-4-0/
https://cosmic-observation.com/2019/02/08/foto-friday-sunsets-local/
It’s probably why the Native Americans chose this area as a large trading path…that and the Eno River.
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May 9, 2021 at 4:47 PM
Love the drama, so beautiful!
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May 9, 2021 at 5:30 PM
I got some lucky shots.
You haven’t seen me much. Took a big blogging break. Slowly coming back…
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May 9, 2021 at 7:20 PM
Welcome back, Vic! 💐
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May 9, 2021 at 11:22 PM
Thanks, Donna. So, where are you, now?
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May 10, 2021 at 9:01 AM
Been home in Maryland, catching up on everything and everyone. We’ll be heading midwest in our motorhome the end of this month for the summer.
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May 10, 2021 at 3:15 PM
Cool!
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May 9, 2021 at 9:28 PM
Very dramatic! Great photo.
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May 9, 2021 at 11:23 PM
Thank you. We can get some great sunsets.
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May 10, 2021 at 9:00 AM
Wow, that is quite the sight 🙂
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May 10, 2021 at 3:14 PM
It was, indeed. We get these stunning displays sometimes. I remarked, above, to another commenter with links to more shots I’ve posted in the past.
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May 19, 2021 at 9:49 PM
Great photo Vic…looks like Mount Saint Helens erupting.
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May 19, 2021 at 10:29 PM
It does! Interesting you mention that. We were watching the re-visit of Mount St. Helens last night on The Smithsonian Channel. There was a WWI veteran living near the blast and they never found him…or his house. They found a photographer, that was there to snap pictures of the eruption…in his car, full of ashes.
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May 19, 2021 at 10:31 PM
Oh man…that is terrible.
yes I just read the story of the photographer today with the motorcycle and the Pinto…he lived anyway.
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May 19, 2021 at 11:13 PM
This guy didn’t have a motorcycle. He was driving a station wagon:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/13/mount-st-helens/
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May 19, 2021 at 11:16 PM
We will trade stories
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/07/26/the-story-behind-that-photo-of-the-pinto-in-front-of-the-mt-st-helens-eruption
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May 19, 2021 at 11:54 PM
Interesting! I hadn’t heard about that guy. He wasn’t covered in the Smithsonian episode. They covered the other photographer, lumberjacks, the veteran and a couple that was camping.
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May 20, 2021 at 12:16 AM
Oh geez that was sad…I can’t imagine dying by breathing that crap in.
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May 20, 2021 at 4:12 AM
Me neither. EEK!
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May 20, 2021 at 8:59 AM
Wildfire? or the “normal” beauty?
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May 20, 2021 at 2:22 PM
No actual fire. We get wild cloud formations, sometimes and really pretty sunsets.
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November 30, 2021 at 8:49 PM
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