Whenever I’m working in the west, I enjoy taking pictures of stormy landscapes. I often have the advantage of wide open spaces, where power lines and billboards don’t interfere with the pictures. When the horizon is miles away, the clouds can be a major part of the scene. This week, the remnants of Hurricane Hilary reached Idaho. Monday saw steady rain, alternating between light and heavy spells. The rainfall total for McCall was 2.33 inches. That’s a lot of rain for normally-dry August.
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While the rain was coming down, the sky was uniformly overcast. As the rain moved out, the clouds became more interesting, and I began taking pictures. I had to make a trip to McCall, so of course I took some pics of the Gloomy Rocks.
The following pictures were taken Tuesday morning in the vicinity of New Meadows. The town is sited in a wide valley surrounded by forested hills (most of which I’ve visited in the course of my work).
I’ll wrap up the diary with some pictures from previous years.
What, no birds in the diary?
That’s all for today’s offering. Now it’s your turn. Let’s see if we can beat the 185 comments that were posted in Monday’s diary.