In the previous post, the crew and I cross the grasslands of Cochise County, Arizona, until the sound of gunshots and the force of wind gusts send us scurrying to the Perfect Tow Vehicle and our camp.
I posted photos taken during that little outing. Readers commented on the clouds, that they looked like a painting. This post follows up on the drama in the sky that same day.
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I sit at the head of the bed with my laptop open in front of me.
The crew is tucked in under the comforter, Reggie in his usual place between me and the wall and Roger snug in the doggie bed at my feet. Frequently I pause reading to gaze out the window at clouds floating above the grass-and-mesquite-covered landscape.
After today’s walk across grassland in strong, gusty wind, the sunset hour is a peaceful contrast of quiet stillness.
Oh, there’s the pink!
I slip out of bed and hurry out the door with my camera.
No doubt you’ve seen many pictures of Arizona sunsets.
We all have. I’ve taken many of them myself and posted them on this blog.
Usually one records the sequence of changes starting with the sun descending toward the horizon, pinking the sky, continuing with the vivid red, orange, and gold stage of the actual sunset, more shots showing the glowing and spectacular aftermath, and, finally, ending with the dying of the light.
From the first photo to the last could represent several minutes.
This series of photos takes a different approach.
And that’s what makes them inspiring to me. The photos aren’t sequential.
They’re simultaneous.
Yeah, all that you see in these photos occurs almost simultaneously!
I say “almost” simultaneously because it takes me a second or two to change my position and the angle of the lens. The first photos are looking east, away from the sunset. From there I circle the BLT, viewing outward.
Rather than a sequence of photos confined to the usual view facing west, I wanted to show what it is like to stand in the middle of an Arizona sunset light show.
Returning to the first photo . . . .
As you look from one shot to the next, you’re seeing what I saw as I moved — no, ran — from one spot to another around the Best Little Trailer. In other words, as close in sequence as I could manage, these photos show what the sky was like all around our camp,
All at once.
(or at least close to it!)
Three-hundred-sixty degrees of color, light, texture, movement, and . . .
Glory with a capital G!
Imagine having all this wrapped around you.
No royal vestments on earth can come close to the richness and splendor given to us for free.
The next photo intrigues me.
I almost didn’t include it here. It’s different from the others because the camera is pointing up toward the heavens. I look at it and think. . . . hmm, this pic lacks something. There’s that big, empty place in the middle.
Other times I look at it and see mighty, passionate brushstrokes. Not only is the photo full, there’s more there than what’s within the frame.
More than I have the ability to fathom.
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“Uh . . . Earth to RVSue! Earth to RVSue! . . . .
“Get your head out of the dang clouds and tell us how to hitch up! Where to dump waste tanks! Show us your boondocks, baby! Is this an RV blog or not? And, while we’re on the subject, where the heck are the dog antics?”
“Okay, OKAY. I’ll lay off the sunset photos for a while.”
Sheesh. This IS Arizona, after all!
rvsue
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