In Wyoming, the state fines you for littering … and then sends a storm after you.
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storm
desert rain …
… over Route 50 in Nevada, oft-billed as “the loneliest road in America.”
storm …
… off Route 50 in Nevada, USA. [see larger image]
stragglers …
… flood water flowing through grass down the hill from my house.
rays of hope …
… in Green River, Utah.
collision …
… in the sky above I-80 in southern Wyoming. From my 2015 trip, re-edited.
the storm …
Sometimes when you’re driving in the West, you see a thunderstorm. It’s far off, still nascent, an indistinct dark smudge on the horizon perhaps a hundred miles away.
In the East, you don’t see a storm so far ahead. That’s because you can’t see the fullness of the storm until it’s literally over your head. In the East, the sky is smaller — topography, tall buildings, and trees obscure the horizon.
In the West, you keep driving toward that still-small gray mass. You look to the side through the driver’s window and see blue sky dotted with puffy cumulus clouds. You look out the passenger window; you see the same pastoral placidity. There’s psychological comfort in those little white pearls floating in the blue sky beside you. But in front of you?
towering …
… over Wilkins, Nevada, off Route 93.
unruly …
… along Route 359 in Montana, en route to Yellowstone National Park.
storm …
… east of Eureka, Nevada, on Route 50, “the loneliest road in America.”
western storm …
rain over Castle Valley …
desolation …
… along Route 93 north of Wilkins, Nevada.
Bitter Creek Road …
Posted earlier from my summer road trip. This version employs a few tricks taught to me by Greg Stene to bring out more shadow detail.
Castle Valley rain …
Another angle of an earlier post. This is looking west out of Castle Valley into Professor Valley near Moab, Utah.
a distant storm …
… off Route 128 near Cisco, Utah.
truckin’ under a storm …
center of the storm …
storm …
Actually, three storms converging. In many places in the West, the entire storm can be seen. Here, driving through south-central Wyoming, I saw five — yes, five — thunderstorms in the sky around me. Out here, the sky is so, so big …
storm over Castle Valley …
off Route 128 northeast of Moab, Utah …
big sky, big anger …
