Inversion’s End
A low deck of stratus casting gloom over the valley = Inversion. It has both beauty and some ugly. An inversion keeps it cold and damp underneath, while above the sun is shining under a clear blue sky and the air is dry. But sometimes in the underneath we have freezing fog, hoar frost or some other such thing which can be beautiful. This weekend it was seeing Inversion’s End that made up for living under the clouds.
The inversion ended north of the valley and the sun tantalized those of us south by showing itself on a range of mountains not under the low deck. Saturday night, this same range glowed orangish-pink in glorious alpenglow.
This is one of those “you have to be there moments” – I don’t believe it is possible to capture the feeling of the entire valley being under low, gray clouds and then seeing a bit of mountain lit up as if by a giant spotlight. These photos are just a glimpse of the eery-beautiful light.
Inversion’s End.
Links to previous Inversion posts:
Road Home Inversion
