August 7, 1999 - Mid Evening

This evening there was a combination of things in the sky that is somewhat unusual, and lead to some very spectacular views. There was broken cloud to the west, but a large thunderhead approaching from the east-north-east. From just before sunset to just after sunset, this produced some spectacular views. Some were to the west, where other clouds, including a small cloud that had grown up like a miniature thunderhead anvil, were backlit by the sunset glow. Other views were almost directly overhead, where the west face of the thunderhead anvil was lit by the sun.

	Earliest shot to the west. 1280x1024 JPEG (89K) 1024x768 JPEG (58K)		Earliest shot up at the underside of the anvil. 1280x1024 JPEG (103K) 1024x768 JPEG (63K)
	North, catching the anvil and some sunset-lit lower clouds. 1280x1024 JPEG (97K) 1024x768 JPEG (60K)		Later shot of anvil underside. 1280x1024 JPEG (100K) 1024x768 JPEG (63K)
	Slightly north of sunset, showing a mixture. 1280x1024 JPEG (86K) 1024x768 JPEG (55K)		Sunset directly, with ground included. 1280x1024 JPEG (92K) 1024x768 JPEG (60K)
	Still later anvil underside. The dark cloud below the anvil could be seen moving quickly upwards and to the right. 1280x1024 JPEG (109K) 1024x768 JPEG (67K)		More to the east, showing the anvil side. 1280x1024 JPEG (84K) 1024x768 JPEG (50K)
	Latest west face of anvil shot. 1280x1024 JPEG (109K) 1024x768 JPEG (66K)		Later full sunset shot. 1280x1024 JPEG (90K) 1024x768 JPEG (59K)
	Slightly north of sunset. 1280x1024 JPEG (76K) 1024x768 JPEG (49K)		Latest full sunset shot. 1280x1024 JPEG (86K) 1024x768 JPEG (57K)
	Zoomed (grainy) sunset shot - flash enabled. 1280x1024 JPEG (64K) 1024x768 JPEG (44K)		Zoomed (grainy) sunset shot - no flash. 1280x1024 JPEG (55K) 1024x768 JPEG (39K)