On an amazing eastern Wyoming evening, one of the most brilliant Great Plains sunsets I’ve seen exploded over the sky, casting the entire depth of this supercell in its blazing glow, and in turn, illuminating an otherwise shadowed landscape from the east. The supercell, sporting a short-lived wall cloud (also sunset-lit), formed on the tail end of a large storm complex, and soon merged fully into it. My great fortune was that this window of stunning light coincided with the supercell’s peak structure. Meanwhile, in the northern sky, a fantastic mammatus display was well underway.
18 NNW Cheyenne WY (6 Jul 19) Looking SE
41.4037, -104.9311Supercell Sundown on the High Plains
On an amazing eastern Wyoming evening, one of the most brilliant Great Plains sunsets I’ve seen exploded over the sky, casting the entire depth of this supercell in its blazing glow, and in turn, illuminating an otherwise shadowed landscape from the east. The supercell, sporting a short-lived wall cloud (also sunset-lit), formed on the tail end of a large storm complex, and soon merged fully into it. My great fortune was that this window of stunning light coincided with the supercell’s peak structure. Meanwhile, in the northern sky, a fantastic mammatus display was well underway.
18 NNW Cheyenne WY (6 Jul 19) Looking SE
41.4037, -104.9311