Before the sun started to set, the drama started with some eye-catching clouds billowing above the Rocky Mountains across the valley from us, and what looked a bit like steam above a volcano ...
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Hang on a sec, is that smoke beneath that updraft? Yes!
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Not much came of this cell, though. A couple of hours later, however, we noticed this bundle of business trundling up the middle of the valley (wish I had a wide-angle lens - this is a 3-shot panorama):
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Just look at those "bubbles" of cloud, and the golden light bouncing around the peaks of the Fairmont Range!
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Believe it or not, no wind, rain, or lightning in our area from that!
The golden light soon faded from the cloud bank, but the light that flooded the sky after the sun sank behind the Purcells was spectacular!
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The first thing I noticed this morning, when I awoke, was the smell of smoke. I was ready for the sunrise but there was little to see - except, when I turned around, the cloud-tops above the Purcell Range burned pink:
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Today, the valley's smoky again ... won't complain, it's the sign of summer!
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