An (almost) thunderstorm over Lake Arcadia

This short video is comprised of 660 individual images stitched together and rolling through at roughly 24fps. I let the intervalometer sequence out too soon and missed some key parts of the sunset.  What a rookie!  Nonetheless, I restarted it and caught the quick death of a little rain shower over Edmond just before the sun finally set.  The best set of images in my opinion are around the 22-24 second mark.

Sunset over Whidbey Island, WA

Idyllic in every way.

Oak trees and sun rays near Lake Arcadia

Technically these sun rays are actually called 'crepuscular rays.'  Whatever the case, I love them.  The conditions have to be just right to work.  They can happen anywhere there is enough particulate in the atmosphere to reflect the sun's light while contrasting with the background. Another interesting geek fact is that although they appear to converge quickly to a point, they are actually essentially parallel like railroad tracks.

The large white oak in the first pic is one of my favorites in our backyard due to the general lack of small branches up and down its trunk. The last pictures almost looks if it was taken underwater.

One other side note is that I made these images with my cell phone and edited them in Sagelight, only adjusting for contrast.