Treasure in the Debris

06/06/2006 @ 08:03:48 PM MDT
The aftermath of daytime heating during the monsoon is what makes New Mexico skies so enchanting. A classically beautiful New Mexico sunset owes its existence to the fact that daytime convection usually breaks up when the heat source is removed. This results in a myriad of different forms of debris clouds. They and the sun are the paint, the sky is the canvas and the painters are the various outflows and air currents.

Most of these photos were taken off my back porch area looking west toward the Jemez mountains and Los Alamos, NM, except where otherwise noted.


06/24/2005 @ 08:11:34 PM MDT


06/14/2005 @ 08:15:21 PM MDT


05/25/2005 @ 08:17:27 PM MDT
This photo was taken just west of Socorro, NM.


04/25/2005 @ 07:39:30 PM MDT


08/06/2004 @ 07:25:48 PM MDT
This is looking southeast toward the Ortiz mountains.


07/10/2004 @ 08:29:48 PM MDT


06/19/2004 @ 08:24:47 PM MDT.


06/19/2004 @ 08:26:04 PM MDT