Evening Sky Was In The Pink

Red sky at night, sailor's delight--well, sort of. At least a pink sky in this case. The southeast sky provided this bank of pink cirrocumulus undulatus clouds at Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 8:45 PM on Saturday, July 24, 2010. The more subtle pink sky in the east was a direct contrast to a brilliant red, orange and yellow sky in the west as the sun began to set that evening. Widespread layers of cirrocumulus clouds may indicate instability in an area, and may move ahead of an advancing weather system. Things were definitely not rosy earlier on this day in the Lake Delhi area, about 36 miles to the northeast, as the dam there on the Maquoketa River was compromised, causing tremendous flooding and damage to people and property.