More Pikes Peak

Another one from Pikes Peak. A narsty (yes, narsty)thunderstorm went through Colorado Springs on 06-06-2003, not only dropping snow on the mountain at about 10,000+ ft, but the breaks in the clouds left us with some dramatic lighting.

Purple Mountain Majesties

This is the morning after the blizzard that we got in Colorado Springs in March 2003. I love the sunrise-inspired pink hues on Pikes Peak, with the setting almost-full moon.

This is a wider shot of Pikes Peak and the surrounding mountains. It is a little later after sunrise, but it still shows the dramatic pink coloring, with the shadows of a low-angle sun, not to mention the rest of the sprawl from our apartment all the way up to the foothills.

A snowy panorama of Colorado Springs, after the March 2003 blizzard. Note the amazing view from our apartment in C-Springs. Also note the two faint mountains to the right of center on the leftmost panel. Those are the Spanish Peaks, in extreme southern Colorado, basically on the New Mexico border, about 100 miles away.

Another moonset, back on 16 April 2003. It was pre-dawn, but the moonlight and twilight still provided enough light to make the picture possible, but also enable the city lights to glow.

Great Sand Dunes Storm

After Lisa and I got engaged, Tracie and Anje came for a visit. One of those days we went for a drive to Great Sand Dunes National Park. The weather was quite interesting that day. On the eastern side of the Front Range in Colorado Springs, the weather was fair. In the mountains and the San Luis Valley, a winter storm was a-brewin'. There were snow squalls moving through, giving the dunes an interesting coating of snow.

taken circa 24 Feb 2003

Bristlecone

This is a bristlecone pine tree (Pinus aristata) near Cripple Creek, CO. This was from a tree project that I did for my Forestry class at Pikes Peak Community College.

taken circa Feb 2003

Some Background

...shots.

Lets begin by getting some of my archive shots on the page.