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Storms Over The Eastern Plains — wk 29

Yesterday, I headed out to the plains in an attempt to find some sunflowers. I did find this one small patch of sunflowers at the intersection of two roads. With the late spring and rains, the sunflowers will probably flower late this year.

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Sunflowers And Wheatfields.

During the course of the afternoon, storm clouds built up over the plains and started moving through the area. The was a gentle wind blowing through the fields of wheat.

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Wheatfields Blowing In The Wind.

In the following image, I included a large expanse of the stormy skies.

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Wheatfields Under Stormy Skies.

There were a few outlier clouds ahead and below the main body of the storm. Several of the clouds were lit by the low angle of the sun.

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Storm Over The Eastern Plains.

At one location, the wind picked up a lot of dirt from a plowed field, creating a small dust cloud. Looking north above the dust, were some really nice storm clouds several miles away. This monochrome image showed the texture of the clouds.

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Storm Clouds To The North.

On my way back, I passed by these grain silos. By this time the sun was very low in the sky. This provided side lighting on the silos and green fields, in contrast to the dark skies in the distance.

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Grain Silos And Stormy Sky.

By the time I arrived back in Denver, the storm dumped a lot of rain in the metro area, accompanied by some hail.

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