The sun is setting on 2021 … and can’t say I’m all that unhappy about saying goodbye. Political craziness, pandemic restrictions, loss of loved ones, and the list goes on. Not that there weren’t good times… but here’s hoping that 2022 raises the bar a little bit on the ratio of good/bad.
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I was asked the difference (visual) between sun bars and sun dogs. My last post showed a sun bar, here are a couple of images of sun dogs. Note that (besides the difference in location) the sun dogs typically show some ‘rainbow’ colors. Both of these are sunsets.
I had someone ask what a sun pillar was… as I was replying, another friend said what I was describing was a sun bar.
Either one seems appropriate. But I think I was right…
I can’t wait for the travel restrictions to lift so that I can freely travel to the desert SW. To the Lone Pine area, to the White Mountains and the Bristlecone Pines, to Death Valley, to the views of Mt Whitney.
In the photo above, Mt Whitney is about a third the way in from the left. It’s the fact that the mountain that looks tall is close that makes it looks tallest.
This was taken on the Haines Highway, outside of Haines, Alaska. In the springtime, the sunsets last for hours. This provides the landscape photographer with time to drive around looking for the ‘best’ spot for getting a sunset photo. It stretches “The Golden Hour” into 3 or 4. If you can deal with the mosquitoes, it’s a wonderful place for photography.