Often one encounters spectacular atmospheric conditions worthy of a photograph. Often times this is in the early morning or evening, but can be a cloud formation during the day. The photos collected here are of that type.
In Christmas Valley in Northern Lake County Oregon in the high desert, colorful sunsets are the norm if there is any sort of a cloud in the sky.
The Siletz Bay photo shows a sunset over the Pacific Ocean with mudflats of Siletz Bay front and center the the Siletz spit in the background as seen from the Salishan lodge
The sunrise sequence over Christmas Valley was taken over about 15 minutes on the morning of July 17, 2016.