Double Jeopardy - a photo on Flickriver

Double Jeopardy

            We’ve had some extreme weather conditions on the front range this past week and in an attempt to capture something between the softball size hail and tornadoes I managed a full and nearly double rainbow at Leyden. The window of opportunity was less than 10 minutes and with the Moffat speed restrictions in place due to kinks and heat I almost blew this one also. This westbound sand train is moving at 15 miles per hour. I was holding my breath it would make up too me in time for the capture as the sun was just about to disappear behind Blue Mountain immediately to the west about 2 miles. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did seeing it in person. I only hope as the photographer standing there I was able to capture the incredible drama that was unfolding before me.
   

Taken on: June 22, 2018

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up Moffat Tunnel Subdivision

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colorado

Colorado Railroads

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Union Pacific

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Sets appears in: • Colorado Moffat Road • Storm light, Weather & Trains

Groups appears in: • Railroads • Union Pacific Fans more » • Ferroequinology • CSSS: Storms - There Be A Storm A Brewin! • Train and Transport Photography. No 30/60 limit! • Clouds, Storms, Sunsets & Sunrises • Railway Photographers • CSSS: Storms / Thunderstorms (Colorado) • Union Pacific Railfanning • Union Pacific Railroad • Railroad Photographer USA/Canada • Trains, Rails and Railroad Equipment • Class 1 Railroads • USA Trains • Union Pacific • Colorado Trains • United States Railroads • Golden Hour Rails • Trains of the American West • Railways & Locomotives • Rural Railfanning • CSSS: Storms - S T O R M S C A P E S • Twilight Trains • Trains and Dramatic Light • Railfan Atlas • Rail Pictures North America • TRANSCENDENTAL • The Fog / The Mist and The Rain • Trains Around The World • CSSS: Storms - Rainbows (CSSS Required) • flickrailroad • Weather and Trains « less

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