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.

Sunbeams

When I came up with a title for this post, I checked Wikipedia and was amazed to discover there's quite a long and informative article on what are correctly known as Crepuscular rays. They are also known as both Buddha's Rays and God Beams - not surprising, given how majestic they can appear. Not that it matters, but this moment of serenity and beauty took place in Italy - in the Dolomite mountains.

Apocalypse

The World War 3 would look something like this.

Radio Siberia Office

This is the radio antenna located on high mediterranian hill Nanos, captured a few days ago. It was damaged during our liberation war in June 1991. I remember those childhood days clearly and walking up here with my father to take a look of the holes in this structure.
I also took a few better pictures up there, although it was extremly cold up there and the wind was strong, but I like this one because of one small detail, that makes the construction a few metters higher. This is the moment when the fog was dissapearing and I caught it only at the top of the antenna. This somehow connects it with the clouds above and makes it higher, sky high.
And yes, sorry for the anomaly on the right if you notice it, it's not because of the sharpness, but because of the lens.

View of heaven from the top

Sundown above the Caribbean sea taken from the plane. One of the most beautiful I have ever seen. Taken at regular 35mm. I wanted to go wider, but there was also a wing of the plane:)