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Red Sky Delight

I am enjoying the red sky sunsets here at the end of summer. No doubt they are due to the unfortunate California wild fires.

Quite The Sunset Tonight

What an amazing color the sky was tonight. I was at my son's football scrimmage for about two hours, with the sunset during the evening. Thankfully I had a clearing to get a photo or two of it. This photo, aside from cropping, is not color tweaked from a graphic program.

St Paul At Sunset

Just as the sun was setting on the Twin Cities, the pink sky was reflecting off the windows of the buildings.

Into The Night

From an overpass from the EastSide neighborhood over Interstate 94. The sunset long gone. The State Capital building in the distance.

Wild Fire Smoke Filled Sky

I do believe, the redish glow from this sunset capture the other evening was partly contributed by the annual California wild fires. Seriously, this has become a yearly over hyped media event from the West Coast. Why do these wild fires get more TV coverage than the levy that broke in Iowa and flooded the entire town? Where is the media coverage? Where are the celebrities asking for help to relocate the folks of Iowa? Even George Bush isn't getting blamed for the recent flooding.

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The Beauty Of Minnesota Winters

Not sure of which park this is, but I believe it's a park in New Brighton taken as the sun was setting from a couple of weeks ago shortly after a snow storm pass through a New Brighton park. This a contribution photo from SWC who has passed along a couple of great photos from this area of the Twin Cities.

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A Slice In The Sky

I'm not sure what I like the best in this photo. The sliver of the moon or the tiny reflection of the sun in the water tower.

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That's Me In The Spot Light

Drove over to Minneapolis a couple of weekends ago with my family. The sun was low on the horizon, the blinding light reflecting off of the building was very tough to deal with as we rounded the 11th Street Exit. Thankfully for this photo, I was NOT driving but was shooting.

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Under A Blood Red Sky

Strange thing about this photo, this is not what I originally wanted to take a photo of. I'm more than happy with the result of the sunset photo. I have never seen this much red sky that I can recall. I was driving north on 35E on my way home, looking westerly when I could at the brilliant red sky as you see in the photo. I looked to the east through a clearing of the trees and saw a sight I still have a hard time believing what I was seeing.

To set this up in your mind, a short rain shower had passed through close to sunset. The pinkish red sky was dominate throughout the western sky. The sun was within minutes of setting beyond the horizon. When I looked to the east, I saw a rainbow. Keep in mind, the sky was pinkish red and SO WAS THE RAINBOW to the east. You could literally see several shades of pink gradually getting darker like you would see in full daylight rainbow, but it was only shades of pink. It was the most unique thing I've ever seen with the weather. I had to get a photo of that pink rainbow. I quickly took the next exit off of the highway. About a block or two off the highway was a parking lot for a large retail store. I made it too the lot, put my car in park, grabbed my camera and before I could get a shot off, the sun had set too much and the pink rainbow was gone.

So I'll settle for this outrageous blood red sky.

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Sunset Photo, Take Two

Oddly enough, this photo was taken the day BEFORE yesterday's photo, yet they look nearly identical. Today's photo was taken October 19, yesterday's was October 20. This photo was taken near Highway 61 in Cottage Grove.

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Driving to Woodbury a couple weekends ago, I pulled over to the side of the road to capture the setting suns rays on the underside of the clouds. It was really strange as there was a blanket of clouds hiding the sun for the entire day. However, as you can see, there is a break in the clouds to the west that allowed for this shot to happen.

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The Shadow Knows

Taken as the sun was setting, the trees shadows caught my eye that were framed between the downspouts.

Go Pink For October

Go Pink For October

I took this photo just as the sun was about to set. The sky to the west was as pink as the sky could possibly be. The pink suns reflection on this silo and barn was a site to see. Look at the sky in the photo, it was a very cloudy day up until the sun set. The clouds broke just enough to let the setting sun rays shine through.

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