I happened to notice about an hour before sunset that the clouds and the sky were setting up for another show at sunset, very similar to 4 days ago. The wave cloud was a little further west and some of the more interesting clouds were to the south.
Early in the sunset before the color got more intense.
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When the atmospheric conditions are right, lenticular or wave clouds form over the mountains. They can produce spectacular sunsets and sunrises.
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One of my favorite overnight stopping places on the way to other locations in Utah is the Salt Valley near Arches National Park. In this case, I was on my way to St. George, Utah.
The improbable landscape of Klondike Bluffs area
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I’ve said before that southern Utah may as well be on another planet.
