Sunset layers

  

 Sunset layers on 10 November 2022

Big sky

 

 

No view of the lunar eclipse for us last night (too many clouds), but there was a clear view of the moon tonight (8 November 2022).

 

And there were some impressive skies in the early evening...rainbows, showers, towering clouds:

 

 

 

Passing showers

 

 

Passing showers on the western horizon, 7 November 2022

Rain on the way

  

This photo was taken about a week ago, but it seemed similar to the conditions in the early evening tonight, so I thought it would appropriate to share ahead of the coming rain.  (Yes, rain!)

Twilight purple

  

An interesting purple color in the sky at sunset tonight — clouds gathering ahead of rain tomorrow?  Photographed from Bodega Head on 4 November 2022.

Oregon foam

  

There was a pretty large swell and lots of foam washing ashore while we were up in Oregon last week.  With an overcast sky, there were some amazing colors in the bubbles!  Photographed near Cape Perpetua on 29-30 October 2022.

 

 

Convergence

  

The underside of a Pacific Sand Dollar (Dendraster excentricus), showing the amazing food grooves leading to the mouth (close to the center of the sand dollar).

The grooves look like tree branches or tributaries:

 

 

You can also see the tiny white knobs that the sand dollar's spines would be attached to when alive:

 

 

One more, showing a close-up of the convergence of the food grooves at the mouth:

 

 

 Photographed in Crescent City, CA, on 27 October 2022.

 

P.S.  For a little more info about food grooves, see the post called "Petals and grooves" from 11 September 2012.