Mountain Snow 00932
by Renny Spencer
Title
Mountain Snow 00932
Artist
Renny Spencer
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A brilliant blue sky above lined white clouds that are sitting on the Davis Mountains of west Texas. The low cold front boundary clouds obscure mountain peaks in the distance. Small amounts of snow visible on the distant mountains.
The Davis Mountains of far west Texas in Jeff Davis County, near Fort Davis, Alpine, and Marfa.
The Davis Mountains host a wide variety of flora and fauna. Located near Fort Davis, Marfa, McDonald Observatory, and the Hobby Eberly Telescope there is much to see and do in the area.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/nonpwdpubs/young_naturalist/earth_sciences/clouds/index.phtml
"Clouds, nature’s weather forecasters, have been forming in the same recognizable shapes and patterns since before man first lifted his eyes and gazed at the sky. Some people may think clouds are just beautiful blobs of some kind of white, fleecy substance that appear for no particular reason. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are several distinct types of clouds, and each has its own reason for being. However, before taking a closer look at these different kinds of clouds, let’s discover what clouds are made of and how they form.
Clouds are a collection of tiny droplets of water that have formed on microscopic air particles. They cannot form in perfectly clean air, but such a condition does not exist naturally anywhere on the earth. No matter how clean and clear the air around us may look, tiny particles are suspended in and moving with it. Occasionally we get a glimpse of some of the larger ones, called motes, as they dance around in the rays of sunlight shining through a window in a partially darkened room.
It is easy to understand that the air above many of our cities contains dust, smoke, and other less desirable particles, but it may be more difficult to believe that country air, which appears to be so clean, also contains these particles. Dust, pollen grains, powdery soil, and rock dust are some of the things suspended in country air. Air over the oceans has its share, too. It contains wind-blown particles from the land as well as tiny salt crystals from the water."
---Renny Spencer
https://rennyspencerphotography.com
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February 18th, 2021
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