Love the Clouds #67 - Arizona Sunset

Here's a few Arizona sunset shots for this #lovetheclouds contest by @tobetada
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Most sunsets in Arizona are spectacular. The only time you don't get nice sunsets is when there is full cloud cover which is rare in Arizona.
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This sunset had quite an amazing mix of dark swirly clouds above and rough red-orange clouds off in the horizon. The Wetstone mountains offer a nice silhouette to the mix.
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Here's a shot with some solar panels in the foreground. Solar power in Arizona is a no brainer.
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As you look to the left and right of the sunset the colors become more cool in the purple range. The acute angle of the sun causes the atmosphere to separate out the light spectrum. The dry air, dust and clouds help reflect the different light wavelengths.
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An open portion of the sky shows a clear blue sky to contrast with the bright warm colors of the sunset.
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A low cloud really caught the orange wavelength in this shot. Scraggly mesquite trees and some evergreens add some black outlines to the bold colors.

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Great pics, made me go and find out a piece I had done many years ago.

Pastels or color pencil? You caught the light wavelengths well.

i did this when I was 9.. I can tell you I am a fair moons older now. Pastel on a roll of lining paper we had ad a doodle scrap whatever.

I have more of a passion for pencil myself and now look towards coloured realism but i never venture too far from the 2H-9B range of graphites.

Aha pastels are nice and solid but pencils are more precise and less messy. I just like using ball point pen these days.

Wow!!! Very beautiful.

Thanks, can't go wrong with an Arizona sunset.

I have picked your post for my daily voting initiative! Keep it up and Steem on!

Cool I like this strong red sky 👌🤗👌👌👌

90% of the sunsets look like this in Arizona, here in Illinois I only get them a few times a year.

Like painting good artist.

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