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| New photo added here October 16, 2024 (captions in red) | |||
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| Clouds 2 | Clouds 3 | Clouds 4 | Park Place Sunset, Mesa Arizona | 
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| A rare hail storm in Fresno, April 2001 | Sunrise 1, Fresno CA | Sunrise 2 | |
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| Devils Lake, North Dakota | Frost on the Honda, Thanksgiving 2004 | Sunset from Stargazer Rock | |
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| Swoosh! | Icy Windshield | Icy snow on meadow, Sierra National Forest | The rainbow itself is the treasure | 
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| Clouds above the ridge between Parkfield and Coalinga CA | Storm over Jupiter Florida | The white fluffy clouds of Monday | The dark storm clouds of Tuesday | 
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| Sunset at 29 Palms | Sunset from northwest of Needles | Sunset from Laguna Beach | Sunrise at Clear Lake CA (by Tim Liddle) | 
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| Pounding rain on Mackinack Bridge, Michigan | After a Kansas windstorm | Snowing in Tehachapi | Snow at Interstate 5 Rest Stop near Frasier Park CA | 
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| Rainbow over Fresno | Clouds
      over Stargazer Rock camp site, August 2003 | Clouds over Clovis, May 2012 | Sunset in Mariposa County, June 2012 (by Betsy Croll) | 
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| Sunset from Clovis & Herndon, October 12, 2012 | Storm over the Santa Cruz Mountains along Highway 17 | Century plants and double rainbow, Santa Cruz | Storm over Watsonville | 
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| Jet trail over Parkfield | Clouds over Great Basin National Park, Nevada | A stormy morning in the eastern Sierra | Storm over Kremmling, CO | 
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| Cloud panorama over Parkfield CA, May 2014 | |||
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| Sunset at Hensley Lake, February 2015 | |||
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| Moon over Sierra foothills, August 2014 | Dramatic clouds above Clovis, CA | Clouds stacked up over an Arizona hill | Clovis sunset, September 2014 | 
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| Sunrise at Hensley Lake | Clouds above Wren Peak in Kings Canyon National Park | Clouds and electrical tower | A thunderstorm threatens over Kaiser Pass in the Sierra | 
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| Darkening skies | Sunset at Stargazer Rock August 1, 2015 | After a storm at Stargazer | Sunrise in Clovis, August 2015 | 
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| Sunset panorama at Stargazer Rock | |||
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| Sunset in Clovis, August 2015 | |||
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| August sunset | Sunrise
      through smoke from a mountain forest fire | Clouds over Yosemite, August 29, 2015 | Clouds over Clovis, September 14, 2015 | 
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| Another smoky sunrise | Apollo begins his daily journey | Just another cool cloud photo | Dramatic sky over June Lake in the eastern Sierra | 
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| Sunset in the eastern Sierra | Storm clouds over the La Sal Mountains, eastern Utah | Another view of the La Sals, in Arches National Park | Hail on the road in Canyonlands National Park | 
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| Rainbow over Red Cliffs Lodge by the Colorado River | Clouds along US Highway 6 in Nevada | Rain and clouds over Nevada | More Nevada clouds | 
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| A
            frosted stump beside the Old Town Trail in Clovis | Frosty grass by the trail | An incredible sunset over the Sierra foothills | Very strange clouds over the Colorado River on the California-Arizona border | 
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| A misty morning at Landscape Arch in Arches National Park | |||
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| Sun going down into the fog at the San Joaquin Gorge | Shimmering clouds above the evergreens | A dramatic sky view by Wes Thiessen | One of those perfect sunsets | 
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| Sunset at Hensley Reservoir | Full
            moon rising from near Courtright Reservoir, August 2016 | Hail
            on meadow by Road 6S47Y, Sierra National Forest | Hail on a pile of cedar bark | 
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| Sunset from Neely property above Oakhurst | January sunrise in Clovis | Sierra
            peaks are outlined in this early morning view | Fog and clouds over Pine Flat Reservoir | 
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| Another January sunrise | Streaky clouds, February 2017 | Clouds over the San Joaquin Gorge, April 2017 | Canal sunrise (Wes Thiessen) | 
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| Al fantastic sky above Eastman Lake, April 2017 (Thiessen) | Clouds above the blue oaks | Clouds over Los Padres National Forest | Clouds over the domes just east of Courtright Reservoir | 
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| Clouds over the Dinkey Creek drainage | Sunrise from Bald Mountain Road; distant peaks are in Kings Canyon National Park | Late afternoon thunderstorm over the Sierra | Sunset from the Bald Mountain Road | 
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| Smoke from the Railroad Fire near Yosemite creates a spectacular sunrise in September 2017 | Clouds over the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park, September 2017 | ||
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| November 2017 Sunset from Neely patio above Oakhurst | Clouds and jet trail above the Geology Exhibit Hut at Glacier Point | Storm clouds over Clovis, March 2018 | |
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| More Clovis storm clouds | Brilliant sunset clouds above the Kings River (by Wes Thiessen) | Dramatic clouds near Courtright Reservoir in August 2018 | |
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| Storm over Dinkey Creek drainage in September 2018 | Ice on the rocks above Big Creek near Fish Camp (Wes Thiessen photo) | Icicles along the Big Creek diversion ditch | Ice on water in the ditch, November 2018 | 
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| Dramatic view in subdued colors | Clovis sunset, March 2019 | Sunrise at Courtright, August 2019 | Clouds over Lassen National Park | 
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| Aftermath
            of an 11-inch snowfall at 3,000 feet near Oakhurst | Snow piles up and hangs over | Snow and storm clouds above the upper Kings River | Clouds to the southwest from the Buckeye Helipad trail | 
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| A fantastic cloud formation near the Kings River | Clouds over Gray's Mountain Camp | Double cloud layer over the Sierra, October 2021 | Full moon, June 2023 from Road 620 near Oakhurst | 
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| Sunset at June Lake | Clouds over Clovis, December 2022 | Moonrise, May 2023 | Lonely cloud above Deadwood Mountain | 
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| Clouds above Neely place near Oakhurst | Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (by Susan Crandall) | ||
All photos copyright © 2002 - 2024 by Dick Estel. Permission granted for personal use only; commercial use prohibited.
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Updated October 16, 2024