This was a long chase day, having begun in Chadron, NE, with lunch in Rapid City, and a storm complex intercepted from the Wyoming/South Dakota border through the Badlands. It ended with peace and fulfillment, before a short drive to Chamberlain for the night. After letting the complex pass over me in the Badlands, I eased east to Murdo to fuel up, then headed south of town a short distance, anticipating a nice, post-convective sunset. First, a small, nearly triangular field of altocumulus translucidus appeared beneath the retreating anvil canopy, complementing the foreground fence corner well. Thanks to that higher cloud deck, the translucidus was not lit much more from above than below. Soon after this scene, continued movement of denser post-thunderstorm clouds away from here indeed set forth a remarkable sunset sequence that began with anticrepuscular rays in the southeastern sky.
1 S Murdo SD (10 Jun 24) Looking SE
43.8649, -100.706