Sunset looked like it would be basically a non-event, until a sliver of clearing pried opened along the western horizon just in time. This deep zoom cuts directly across the miles at light’s speed, plunging straight into the distant, deep reds lining an altostratus deck’s fringe, pulling out and hauling back a tone reddened even more by passage to the lens. Peak color lasted less than two minutes, but preparedness pays.
Norman OK (5 Feb 16) Looking WSW
35.1814, -97.44Red Glow under the Dark Deck
Sunset looked like it would be basically a non-event, until a sliver of clearing pried opened along the western horizon just in time. This deep zoom cuts directly across the miles at light’s speed, plunging straight into the distant, deep reds lining an altostratus deck’s fringe, pulling out and hauling back a tone reddened even more by passage to the lens. Peak color lasted less than two minutes, but preparedness pays.
Norman OK (5 Feb 16) Looking WSW
35.1814, -97.44