Vacation Skyviews

The following posted images are from my recent vacation to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons national parks. Above, a US Highway 212 switchback near Beartooth Pass in southern Montana is seen at 3:19 pm MDT on Saturday, August 18, 2018. Thick clouds at just under an elevation of 11,000 feet churn over the land. Embedded in these clouds were sporadic lightning discharges.

Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupts into the fading light of an evening sky at 8:28 pm MDT, Monday, August 20, 2018.

Sunset and Old Faithful eruption at 7:11 pm MDT on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Image is a 1/100 second exposure at f/18, ISO 125 and 25mm focal length.

The sun shines bleakly through morning clouds at 8:28 am MDT on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. This image looks east from the shore of the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park. In the foreground is Big Cone Geyser.

The distant Grand Tetons mountain range, shrouded in clouds and fog, is seen from the Mormon Row Historical District at 11:24 am MDT on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.

Looking west at the cloud-cloaked Grand Tetons mountain range at 11:51 am MDT, Wednesday, August 22, 2018 as seen from Antelope Flats Road at US Highway 191 in Wyoming. A commercial aircraft descends to Jackson Hole Airport at upper left of image.

Clouds billow off peaks of the Grand Teton mountain range as seen from Jenny Lake at 7:03 pm MDT, Wednesday, August 22, 2018. A thundershower from about a half-hour earlier was giving way to a striking sunset.

Panorama of the Grand Tetons mountain range and sky from Jenny Lake at 7:54 pm MDT, Wednesday, August 22, 2018. The very vibrant sky, complete with color and an arch of circus clouds, was created from the departure of an earlier thundershower.

Fair weather cumulus clouds roll past the 13,776-foot peak of Grand Teton in Grand Tetons National Park at 11:51 am MDT, Thursday, August 23, 2018. Image was captured from the Lake Solitude trail.

Setting sun over Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons mountain range at 7:43 pm MDT, Thursday, August 23, 2018. Image was captured from nearby Signal Mountain. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.