Arizona Skies

Capturing the light of the skies is a challenge here in Arizona where nearly every day and evening brings another opportunity.

Many times I have tried to record a beautiful cloud pattern or a sunset with my camera. The result never lives up to the real thing. Here are a few attempts I have made in recent months.


When I saw the early stages of this sunset, I grabbed my camera knowing it was a special evening.



Changes in colors occurred so rapidly. In seconds the colors changed from azure to apricot.



Then, in an instant, the flames ignited.


They lasted only for a moment, then ...



... they burned down to ...



... embers and flickered out.




One evening while returning home from Scottsdale, Carolyn and I saw this moonrise coming over the hills near Mayer, AZ.