{"id":9692,"date":"2023-05-30T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T05:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9692"},"modified":"2023-05-30T22:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T05:21:26","slug":"storms-over-the-eastern-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/30\/storms-over-the-eastern-plains\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms Over The Eastern Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May was one of the rainiest months of the year, with huge storms over the Eastern Plains. Last Saturday, the sky was full of storm clouds, so I headed out to Bennett. I captured this image north of Bennett; this is close to the flight path out of the DIA airport. You may even spot an airplane in front of one huge clouds in this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Storm North Of Bennett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Soon I headed east, so I could return to Bennett. Along the roadside, the strong winds kicked up a dust-storm on one of the plowed fields. This was spectacular against the dark clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dust Storm On Agricultural Fields, Near Bennett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

From here, I headed south, through Bennett and then to Kiowa. South of Kiowa, I found another huge storm cloud that stretched all the way from Colorado Springs to Bennett, against a deep blue sky.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Storm Clouds from Colorado To Bennett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This next image that showed the full height of the storm above me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Storm Clouds Colorado Springs To Bennett.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Soon it was time to turn back. Across the road where I had parked, was this half-dead tree in front of a roadside pond. This was lit up by the late afternoon sun, just before becoming obscured by clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Half Dead Tree Under Storm Clouds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Fortunately, I was able to make this image, with the trees and fresh spring grasses, against a storm laden sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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