[Part 2 of 3] Seen head-on, the Cottonwood, SD shelf cloud looked like a strange sandwich of light, dark, and shades of beige and slate, with a hint of turquoise in the core dappled in for good measure. I’ve witnessed this lighting before, but seldom so vivid. As often is the case with late-afternoon, front-lit outflow features, I was wishing I had more time to stay there and appreciate the surreality of the scene before the density current blasted past. Nonetheless, there was enough time to gaze, shoot a couple of series along it, gaze once more, then dive south… [Go to Part 3]
2 WNW Cottonwood SD (12 Jun 22) Looking NW
43.9709, -101.9484