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| Willow and Frio |
Made our way up and into First Arroyo where we stopped for a rest and a drink of water. Looking west across the Mesilla Valley to the far horizon I noticed one of the most peculiar phenomena I've ever seen out there: the mesa on the horizon line appeared to be serrated, segmented into a series of smaller buttes. When I zoomed in with my camera lens I could see a number of puffball clouds creating the illusion. These strange low-hanging clouds were the only clouds in an otherwise clear sky.
I've posted here some of the photos I took of the phenomenon, puzzled still by what kind of clouds these might have been.
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| Mesquite Tree X |
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| Tortugas Mountain Observatory |
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| Down First Arroyo |
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| All the way across the Mesilla Valley to the Potrillos |
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| Another view across the Mesilla Valley |
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| Bizarre phenomenon: that far mesa is not serrated |
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| Puffball clouds have created the serrated look |
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| Heelers and Dr. K way up First Arroyo |
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| This and the next: Frio and Willow |
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| Soaptree Yucca with a nest |
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| Puffball clouds again |
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| About half of the Barrel Cactus fruit remains uneaten |
1 comment:
I'm glad you got those photos of the low-hanging clouds on the horizon. Like you, I've never seen anything like that before.
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