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Pending moisture

            This is another clouds and sky shot, taken at Golden Ponds but from the wayback machine. It has been sitting in the editing directory for a while, unfinished and waiting. I happened upon new and interesting sky shots at Golden Ponds recently and decided to extend the series with this. The light is slanting in from the remaining open sky and illuminating the landscape with heavy side lighting under the approaching heavy sky. 

When I see a sky like this, I grab my camera bag on the way out the door. When I saw the full sky, I decided to turn into Golden Ponds lickity-split. This is food for my soul and a most powerful sky. Were the skies bluffing... all hat and no cattle? I suppose that should someone want an extended viewing, a Golden Ponds commemorative bench would offer a great venue. 

This is a view across Golden gravel pit ponds toward the Rockies divide at an open spot. I decided on a further walk at Golden Ponds Park and followed the trail over the creek and south while shooting the sky in interesting spots. Some venues did not work at all. The early summer runoff is at a maximum. I can't call this a line of clouds but rather a solid mass with a maximum sculpting. Boy, what a major buildup. Scientists told all believers and non-believers alike to expect more violent weather swings as the atmospheres warm as the Trumpettes head to the Bonn Climate summit to sell clean coal and natural gas as the only treaty holdout country. Mayors from several American cities made up for the buffoons. 

This path continues on southward over the river and eventually swings around westward toward the Vance Brand Municipal Airport. The building sky is not that described by the usual TV's weather-panic sales pitch. My current plan is to travel to any spot that sets off the heavy skies. As always, an afternoon sprinkle is supremely welcome but it never happened Saturday. The clouding held out overnight and sealed in the temps and humditty.

Taken on: June 17, 2013

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