Thursday, September 18, 2008

Skies Courtesy of Ike

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Last Saturday evening, while Hurricane Ike was battering parts of the Gulf Coast of the U.S., we here in Iowa were treated to a spectacular cloud show around the time of sunset!
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This post, of course, is a SkyWatch Friday post! You can click here to go to the Skyley website which contains a list of links to sky scenes from around the world!! SkyWatch Friday is brought to you by Tom, Sandy, IMAC, and Klaus.........I don't know them personally, but they do fantastic work with the Skyley website and with commenting!
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I do hope there is good weather happening in your part of the world!! No one needs a hurricane, or tornado, or a typhoon.

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Take care and THANK YOU for stopping by!

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Keep watching the sky!

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26 comments:

Nancy said...

Great sunset! Must have been even better to be there.

Ivÿ said...

love the sky! the hues are just amazing. :)

come and see my SWF post.

Larry D said...

Great photos!

Snap Catch said...

Perfect shot for Skywatch! Happy weekend... Hope you can visit mine too...

Anonymous said...

Great sunset and nice sky colors.

Suzanne said...

You did get some amazing skies. I hope the weather is improving for you after this latest hurricane. Happy SWF.

DesertHen said...

What beautiful shots.....they ( clouds ) look like "cotton candy" clouds........=)

Country Girl said...

Your Iowa skies look delicious enough to eat! In fact, I'm getting hungry just looking at them.

Laura ~Peach~ said...

beautiful skys!!!!!!!! I love red skies!

rhymeswithplague said...

Your photo of the sky this week reminds me of the sky over Mt. Sinai in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments! Fiery!

Pat - Arkansas said...

Lovely skies, Jeannelle, and a lovely Sky Watch. Ike didn't bring us any pretty skies, but did scare up a few tornados (one touched down about 8 miles north of me) and bluster, blow and rain like crazy. I was glad to see blue skies today.

Jeannelle said...

nancy, ivan girl, larry d, snapcatch, luiz, suzanne, deserthen, country girl, rhymsie, pat.......

Thank you all for stopping by and commenting! Yes, the sky was simply breathtaking that evening....too bad it took a hurricane somewhere else to cause it!

Jeannelle said...

whoops....laura!

I didn't mean to leave you out! Thank you for stopping by, too!

Egghead said...

Spectacular shot. I never tire of looking at the sky.

Arija said...

Looks like the angels were busy running away from the hurricane.

Dewdrop said...

Youj're right. You did have a spectacular cloud show! Awesome. Did you feel any of the effects of Ike? I would imagine you were too far north and west.

AphotoAday said...

Those are spectacular shots !
Thanks for showing them...

Deb said...

Wonderful shots of the sky! Perfect photos for Skywatch Friday. There is beauty everwhere.

Gayle said...

Very pretty colors.

The W.O.W. factor! said...

Hmmmm...(been having problems with my comments not going thru...)
On the Sumac...I love them! A friend gave me 'babies' this year. One is already 5' tall! I can't wait for them to show their splendor in the fall in years to come.
You skywatch photos are beautiful!!!

Jeannelle said...

egghead, arija, dewdrop, aphotoaday, deb, gayle, w.o.w.!

Thank you for visiting SkyWatch!

Anonymous said...

Oh Jeannelle these are simply wonderful. The colors are so vivid and, well, I just love them. I haven't been out and about a lot the last couple of weeks, just a tad too busy. I appreciate coming here and always know I'll get some great photos!

Unknown said...

Beautiful shots!

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

Stunning colors, just stunning.

Jeannelle said...

Sherry of afeather....

Thank you for your kind words! The clouds were just amazing that evening!

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John,

Thank you for stopping by this SkyWatch!

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Ruth,

Thank you, too, for stopping by!

nina at Nature Remains. said...

Ike certainly does get around, doesn't he??

Very pretty colors in your clouds.