2022 09-21 Yolo & Colusa
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Today was the 4th and final day of our rare pacific northwest storm that brought rain and thunderstorms to much of NorCal. (Sorry, my SoCal peeps). We decided to do some sky-chasing photography to capture possible cloud formations and, if lucky, a squall or two.
Our destination was a spot in rural Colusa County, in the middle of ag fields, which offers panoramic sky viewing nearly 360°. En route, we saw some nice squalls to the south and pulled off the I-5 in Woodland to capture what we could in a rapidly changing sky at the Woodland water treatment facility. Then we proceeded north to our Colusa spot.
By the time we were on location the squalls were not within our visual range. But there was a small bit of activity around the Sutter Buttes, which we photographed. The Colusa Basin Drainage Canal was nearby. It had no discernable water flow but much of it was covered by shallow pools. The Canal always reflects its tree-lined banks and the sky. On the bridge we listened as two great horned owls (well concealed and invisible in the trees) called to each other.
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Read MoreToday was the 4th and final day of our rare pacific northwest storm that brought rain and thunderstorms to much of NorCal. (Sorry, my SoCal peeps). We decided to do some sky-chasing photography to capture possible cloud formations and, if lucky, a squall or two.
Our destination was a spot in rural Colusa County, in the middle of ag fields, which offers panoramic sky viewing nearly 360°. En route, we saw some nice squalls to the south and pulled off the I-5 in Woodland to capture what we could in a rapidly changing sky at the Woodland water treatment facility. Then we proceeded north to our Colusa spot.
By the time we were on location the squalls were not within our visual range. But there was a small bit of activity around the Sutter Buttes, which we photographed. The Colusa Basin Drainage Canal was nearby. It had no discernable water flow but much of it was covered by shallow pools. The Canal always reflects its tree-lined banks and the sky. On the bridge we listened as two great horned owls (well concealed and invisible in the trees) called to each other.
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