Through the clouds

 

I pulled over the side of the road amidst some fields not long ago to get this shot looking to the south-west over some low hills. It had been a wet and cloudy day and the sun just barelly managed to poke through the clouds here and there. This was a few days after the previous two photos here (the last light on the Karavanke and the clouds below).

Cumulus congestus

 I'm not a climatographer but from my understanding these are Cumulus congestus clouds, an intermediate stage between cumulus mediocris and cumulonimbus, according to Wikipedia. To put it a different way, this is the buildup before they become cumulonimbus clouds which bring heavy rain. The photo was taken pretty late with the sun nearly set, which is why the hills at the bottom are already in shadow while the tops of the clouds still enjoy a few last rays of sunlight.

Last rays on the Karavanke

Took this a couple of weeks ago - after a few days of rain the clouds started to part, just in time for the setting sun to light up the Karavanke mountains. The one on the left (towards the west) is Brana, on the right (partly obscured by clouds) is Planjava (whose west wall I climbed years ago), between them is the Kamnik saddle.