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Storm in the Pioneer Mountains (Original Post) Bo Zarts Sep 23 OP
Great photo, my dear Bo! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 23 #1
It was a rip-snorter, as we used to say in the aviation business. Bo Zarts Sep 23 #3
i still say that even though whilst on the ground. or whing danger AllaN01Bear Sep 23 #10
Wow! Bayard Sep 23 #2
Frighteningly magnificent! Bumbles Sep 23 #4
What a view, and a great shot! I thought storms only shaped up like that in the flatlands. Beartracks Sep 23 #5
This storm was sitting on a 10k-foot peak. Bo Zarts Sep 23 #6
That's how it is around here Warpy Sep 23 #7
Impressive! WestMichRad Sep 23 #8
"" AllaN01Bear Sep 23 #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,048 posts)
1. Great photo, my dear Bo!
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 02:47 PM
Sep 23

I can see the motion of the clouds, and the photo has stopped them from moving.

Well caught!

Bo Zarts

(25,594 posts)
3. It was a rip-snorter, as we used to say in the aviation business.
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 02:56 PM
Sep 23

Or .. an aircraft disassembly factory. I prefer viewing them from the ground nowadays.

Bo Zarts

(25,594 posts)
6. This storm was sitting on a 10k-foot peak.
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 03:54 PM
Sep 23

I have never seen a storm sitting on a peak like that before either, and I spend a lot of time in the Rockies and other western mountain ranges.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
7. That's how it is around here
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 04:13 PM
Sep 23

Clouds illustrating fluid dynamics better than any textbook, rolling over the tops of the peaks and flowing through the highest passes. It's completely different than anything I saw back east, even in the Smokies.

Of course, if you're out enjoying nature, it also means get your butt to higher ground. Flash floods out here are intense, I've seen refrigeragors and garden sheds being carried down the arroyos.

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