[Part 2 of 2] For this shot, I had retreated back to the vehicle, parked about 50 feet east of the Arizona/New Mexico line, due to light rain and just a little nearby lightning. I was barely in New Mexico; the fence, scrub brush and mountains are across the road in Arizona. The golden light of a few minutes before reddened, with more blue too, imparting a filtered magenta tone to sky and land as the very last rays of the sun reflected off clouds aloft that couldn’t be seen directly. I’ve seen a lot of amazing sunsets, but this truly was different. The diffused, pastel color evolution, bathing such a richly textured land and sky, was breathtaking, and will remain indelibly branded into my appreciative reminiscences of the whole 2021 Southwest storm and landscape expedition. Back to Part 1.
3 NW Rodeo NM (5 Jul 21) Looking WSW
31.8712, -109.0489