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Once again it is time for us to post our best of skies that we observed this week and share with all our participants the beauty of the of a sky in our area.

See below my contribution for this week...I will start with a Sunrise and end with the Sunset.

The Sunrise isn't as colorful as some I have posted, but I just love the cloud patterns we got this week, and want to share them with you.

Click on any image to enlarge and get a life sized view.

Sunrise in the East

Sunrise in the NE

Sunrise in the North

Sunrise in the NW

Sunrise in the South with valley fog.

Now I want to show you just a bit of the Sunset we had that same evening, we started with a great setting sun in the West, then I noticed Two Sun Dogs ( count them ) I was totally surprised...for this doesn't happen very often...I grabbed the camera once again and captured them in all their awesome beauty...one was at about 45 degrees to the South West of the setting sun , the other was about 45 degrees to the North West of the setting sun.

Sunset in the West

An Awesome Sun Dog in the South West

The other Sun Dog in the North West

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My post today is of Sunrise and Sunset on the same day,after a very rainy previous day.

I will start with the great Sunrise and follow it with the awesome Sunset at the end of the day.

Sunrise over Bald Rock Mt. (East)

Just a bit more SE..wish i could have spliced the two together for a panoramic view,
something I will have to explore.

Sunrise over the Garden in the East

Sunrise in the West

Sunrise NW

Sunrise North

Sunrise NE..now who put that pole in my way?

We now move to the end of the day and the glorious Sunset photo's

Sunset in the West

Sunset NW

Sunset NE..I know it is grainy, but didn't have my camera setting quite right, but this is straight out of the camera, wanted you to see it just as I saw it.

Sunset South

Sunset SW

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My post today is a bit different than last week, in that we had two days of mostly bland skies and rain, at times torrential rain, especially the day I took these photos.

The particular evening( Wednesday ) as the sun was setting I noticed some awesome clouds stacking up in the West and South West, like big stacks of cotton, highlighted by the setting Sun.

I grabbed the camera and put on the 55-200mm lens and went outside to see if I could capture some of Creators awesome creations.

Following are some of the results of that endeavor...click on any image to enlarge and view at your leisure.

Starting Sunset in the West

Awesome Beauty in the South West

A Sun Dog appears in the far South West

Just as I was coming back in the house..I noticed this great " Promise of new things to come."

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I know I have been a bit lax in my posting here, but I have been very busy cutting new gemstones and creating an Ebay Store front to display and sell them on and also put some up for auction..this store will give me a place to display more of my Art and creations..and hopefully even sell some.

Well on with the show...today's post is of a great Sunset we had last evening here in the Western Mountains of North Carolina.

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Sunset in the West

Awesome..a Sun Dog in the South West

Sunset over Sugar Loaf Mountain SW

Sunset SSW

Sunset South- Gilliam Mountain

Sunset Cloud

Sunset NW

Sunset North

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This week I am bringing you a new view of our small piece of Creators wonderful creations of mountain scenery and fabulous skies.

I went to a different location ..up higher on a hill in the big field next to us to get these photographs..what a view there is from up there..following are some photographs I took there...starting with daylight photos..followed by sunset photographs later that evening.

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Distant view to the East

Closer view East

Bald Rock Mountain SE

View NE

View North

View North West

Sugar Loaf Mountain SW

Next comes some of the Sunset..what a wonderful way to end the day..viewing Creators masterful Art Works.

Start of Sunset in the West

Sunset Cloud in the South

Sunset North

Sunset North East

Sunset North West

Late Sunset West

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My Post today is of a wonderful Fall Sunrise the other day and a Sunset last evening.

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Sunrise East

Sunrise NE


Sunrise N

Sunrise SE

Sunrise SW

Next follows two photographs of the Sunset last Evening;

Sunset South

Sunset SW