“When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls” in Nederland, Colorado, or elsewhere, it brings a lovely serenity. I grabbed this screenshot last night about 8:30 pm MDT from one of my favorite webcams.
Pied Type
… a little mixed up
Just beautiful!
I can’t get over the color. I just looked again — coincidentally almost the same time as last night — and the same color was there again:
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I do so love the mountains….
Me too. A lifelong love affair.
To wax poetic, you can see forever in that slice of sky!
That poor poor homeowner, having to look out at that view every single day …
Our high school band director used the Deep Purple song to show off the saxophone section. It was indeed beautiful to hear the reeds play it in harmony. Thanks for the beautiful photo that brought back that memory.
I hadn’t heard or thought of the song for decades, but this scene immediately brought the lyrics to mind. Mother Nature was redeeming herself at the end of a smoggy, overcast day.
I have never seen a purple sky, I envy you! Is it related to Colorado’s notable thunderstorms?
We do have more colorful sunsets when there are clouds and storms, but there’s even more color when there’s a lot of particulate matter in the air. Fires around the state have kept a lot of smoke in the air this summer. And it’s possible the low light conditions affect what this camera sees. Oh, plus the air is thinner here (I estimate this camera is at about 8,000 ft.) and very dry, and that does funny things with light and color.
Just found the info on the website. The webcam is at 8,255 ft.
Encore:
https://piedtype.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/deeppurple3.png
My only explanation is that all three evenings have been cloudy.