Scattered Offshore Showers at Twilight

Sky Watch Friday

twilight

Location: Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii

Last evening's weather forecast mentioned scattered showers.  The sky was clear all afternoon, but just as the sun was setting, some clouds began to gather over the ocean.  Shortly after the sun sank below the horizon, the sprinkles began offshore, and by nightfall an onshore breeze brought the welcome rain clouds over our hillside garden.

This is my first SkyWatch entry.

33 comments:

Mary said...

Stunning! Love the light coming from behind the clouds. Mary

DrowseyMonkey-Photos said...

Wowser! That's breathtaking.

Carletta said...

Gorgeous landscape!

Leora said...

Beautiful orangey skies!

AphotoAday said...

Wow -- that's really a nice catch...

Maria Verivaki said...

beautiful colours, you're a great photographer capturing nature shots the way you do - that green moth is spectacular!

Snap Catch said...

Wonderful capture for skywatch! Mine's up too hope you can drop by, the way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky.... asking for your vote too... thanks a lot! Happy weekend

Inkivääri said...

So beautiful situation - there is a sun but also it's raining there far away...

Jules said...

Wow - this reminds me of similar clouds we get here on the coast of East New Britain!!

♥ Stines hverdag said...

Welcome to Sky Watch Friday!
This is gorgeous! Beautiful picture!

Jane Hards Photography said...

Only in nature so peach and grey look so great toghether. A vey beautiful image.

me ann my camera said...

The seepage of dark clouds filtering down to the calm below is very dramatic. Also I love the colours below on the right. Very nice photo!

Anonymous said...

Looks like rain pouring down from those clouds afar! Beautiful!

Carver said...

Wow, what a fabulous shot to start off with skywatch on. Excellent.

bobbie said...

I love the dark clouds over the bright, beautiful sunset. Very beautiful.

Thanks for your visit to the other Bobbie.

Jim Klenke said...

Neat picture, I love how the rain is just starting to fall and looks like it hasnt made it to the ground yet.

Indrani said...

Whoa! The way the clouds are hanging as if the curtains will fall after the sunset. And it did rain soon after, just the way I thought on seeing the shot.

Excellent shot for the first entry.

Amila Salgado said...

What an exceptional capture! Truely beautiful.

Thanks for dropping by in my blog.

Small City Scenes said...

Beautiful---look it is already raining. Welcome to SW--wonderful photo. MB

JunieRose2005 said...

This is a cool sky watch pic!

I like the way it's divided into 3 parts, with very distinct lines and colors.


Junie

maryt/theteach said...

Bobbie, your first Skywatch? Oh my! Well, welcome! One of the best sunset shots I've seen! Happy Labor Day!

Gerald (SK14) said...

I like the way you've captured the storm clouds.

Brad Myers said...

Really nice capture, thanks for sharing.

Som mine dager er said...

This really is a fantastic gorgeous picture. Congratulations to your first contribution. I love it!

Daryl said...

Welcome . nice first sky!

:-Daryl

Suzanne said...

Wow this is a beautiful photo. I love the colours. Have a good weekend.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful twilight... very nice! Happy SWF! :)

Arija said...

What a wonderful sky for your first entry! Congratulations from someone old and experienced at this game... a whole three weeks!

Anonymous said...

It took the larger picture to full appreciate how well you captured the mood of that view. This is a fine coastal shot. I'm relatively new t skywatch too and enjoy that special day each week.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful landscape and effect. Congratulations.

BNS said...

Thank you all for visiting and for you kind comments about my first SkyWatch Friday photo.

Bobbie

Baruch said...

Great shot & welcome to Skywatch Friday!

BNS said...

Thank you, Baruch.

Bobbie