Colorful Sunrises & Sunsets

Time lapse clips of clouds and fire sky sunsets from southern Arizona.

After the summer Southwest Monsoon, frequent fire skies take over in the fall. In the coming weeks, I will be adding short clip of the best red and orange skies as seen near Tucson, Arizona.

An upper level low over southern Arizona created the perfect ingredients of high and middle level clouds to help produce impressive sunrise and sunset FIRE SKIES. During noontime, a beautiful solar halo added to the atmospheric optical events of the day.

Time lapse of sky over southeastern Arizona after the 2022 Summer Monsoon.

Clouds from a tropical system over Baja California created an interesting sunrise and sunset. This short time lapse was captured with a GoPro 10.

Taken 21-24 July 2022 from Oracle, Arizona with GoPro 10 and iPhone 11.

The Southwest Monsoon over Arizona comes and goes for periods lasting days to weeks between 15 June to 15 September. 2022 is no exception. After a period of heavy thunderstorm induced rains, a dry period resulted in colorful fire sky sunrises and sunsets. In 4K. This clip covers the period from 16-20 July as captured with a Gopro 10 and iPhone 11 north of Tucson. Constancy Part 3 - The Descent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Avec Soin - Romance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/

As a drought appears to be taking hold, moisture and clouds are diminishing every day. As a result, fire skies are becoming less frequent. This mostly cirrus sunset could only generate a modest colorful display. Prelude No. 21 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

A search through my archives uncovered this 18 month old image of a beautiful fire sky. It is never too late to share an image like this.

I decided to reprocess this wonderful northern lights display by tweaking my raw images to better contrast, color, and noise reduction.

Fire sky time lapse from late Jan to early Mar using the GoPro10.

Unusual mild weather continuous to usher in high clouds and beautiful red-orange-pink skies at dusk and dawn.

Various time lapse and images taken 1-11 Jan 22.

During the 2nd week of Dec 21, several sunrises and sunsets turned the skies into fire. Time lapse and still images are accompanied by relaxing music. Enjoy!

Taken from 2-6 Dec 2021. Persistent high clouds have provided vivid fire skies. On 3 Dec, Comet Leonard was successfully captured in a time lapse. Note how fast the comet moved in under three hours. All images taken with GoPro 10.

More fiery Skies from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

While high clouds don't make the best fire skies, as this week passed, the skies become redder and redder. Meditation Impromptu 02 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100162 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

A deep red fire sky.

A pretty sunrise that lasted for over an hour. Comfortable Mystery 4 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100535 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

My best images depicting panoramas of morning and evening fire skies.

Under clear skies, an isolated thunderstorm form an hour before sunset. Time lapse shows the development of convection and the eventually reddening of the clouds as the last rays of the sun reached the storm. Individual panoramas taken minutes apart shows the development and evolution of the storm (note the deepening colors and interesting cloud structure under the spreading anvil). Taken 22 July 2017. Music by Antonio Vivaldi.

To create these stunning images see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oL_l.... The colors have not been enhanced but noise reduction, some sharpening, and contrast adjustments were applied as needed. These images were taken between 2017 and yesterday from Cheyenne, Wyoming and a few from Vail, Arizona. Exotics by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/

If you are looking to relax for just 3 minutes, this is worth viewing. Music in this video Song: Sleepy Hollow Artist: E's Jammy Jams Album: Sleepy Hollow Licensed to YouTube by YouTube Audio Library

A full spectrum fire sky occurred and was captured from start to finish using a GoPro 10 and iPhone 11 Pro Max from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Music in this video Artist The Whole Other Album Dance of the Mammoths Licensed to YouTube by YouTube Audio Library

Short time lapse using GoPro 10.