Half-winter / Half-spring
Mid-February, the daffodils started blooming. Then, in early March, we had flowers on the forsythia bushes (Yellow Bells), Crabapple tree, ornamental almond bushes, and the Bradford pear trees. In mid-March, the Eastern Redbud trees joined the show, and Spring officially sprang last week. Then, cold blasts of air came down from The Frigid North. So, half-winter /half-spring skies with interesting clouds appeared. I love the shaft of sunlight in this photo!
There are three striking things about the above scene! First, there is a fire rainbow in the clouds! A "fire rainbow" occurs when sunlight is refracted through ice crystals in clouds, coloring the clouds like a rainbow. Looking closely, there are shades of golden yellow, orangish-red, and aqua-blue!
Then, the cloud below-and-right of the sun has distinct, parallel ridges in it:
To the left of those ridges, one can see another colorful patch, which is a continuation of the halo around the sun. Just below that bottom-arc of the halo is a puff of cloud which I find quite fascinating:
so nice photography
happy spring days
Fascinating firmaments filling focus. Felicitous for felicitations.
I wish I had used 'foci' now. :-D Ah well.
These photos are beautiful and I just love the sunshine peeping through the clouds. Makes for some really pretty photo's 😀.
This has shifted from "lovely" to "inspiring". I am endlessly fascinated by the play of light in the world. As are you, obviously. :) Beautiful.
What gorgeous clouds! @thekittygirl such a lovely photo, thanks for sharing with us 😊
Have a nice day 😊
Sweet shots, almost scary looking those clouds are.
Lovely weather and nice shot :-)