October Sunsets 2016

Fall and Spring time produce the prettiest sunsets and sunrises, mainly due to the more turbulent season in the skies, cloudy skies make the best sunsets, giving the last rays of the setting sun something to bounce around on and produce many colorful skies. October 2nd, I wandered up to the Sullivan City Park near the pool to capture this one…

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…and a week later, on my way to work, I stopped off and shot this one near the Sunnen fountain in Maplewood…

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…and a week after that, on my way west, I came upon this beauty out near Hwy FF and I-44….

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…which made a nice backdrop for my truck….

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Sunsets in August

I was surprised by a few very nice evenings during mid August where we were getting sunsets that looked like early spring for fall time sunsets, but hey, being a big sunset fan, we will take them anytime we get them…they were stunning to say the least….since the clouds completely filled the sky, I drove over to shoot them at the City Lake, and as I walked down to the edge of the water, folks were standing there watching in awe as the cloud colors deepened….

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…and then as I left, I stopped to shoot it behind Missouri Baptist Hospital as well….

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…as I said…STUNNING !!! 

Hot Air Balloon, Sunset, and Storms End of May

In the last week of May this year, we had a few storms that provided some spectacular sunsets and clouds both….I was also able to photograph a pretty hot air balloon on my way home from work two mornings in a row flying over Fenton near I-44….

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Paula Sumpter commented on this one on my Facebook page, said ” oh look, Sullivan`s Jack in the Box has a water slide “….and below are the storm clouds I met on the way home from work one morning, went from daylight to nearly total darkness in the blink of an eye approaching Eureka…

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