Silver Linings

When the sky is grey, it can be hard to imagine that there is still blue sky beyond the clouds. This picture shows two very different sky views layered together, with the rough dark clouds that threatened rain all day splitting apart and a peaceful blue sky lurking in the background, a few wispy little white clouds sitting high in the distance. It reminds me that however dull or stormy a situation might be, there is still calm beyond it, waiting for the clouds to move away.

They say that every cloud has a silver lining - it shows up quite well here! I am not sure that I have ever seen clouds glowing quite so brightly before.

Minutes later the cloud had thinned, turning silver to gold, almost appearing to set the trees on fire:

The sunset here created a remarkable deep pink colour deep within these heavy clouds. The sky below is remarkably colourless in contrast, leaving the coloured cloud looking as though the fire is coming from inside.

Finally, a picture taken moments after sunset when the sun itself has moved out of sight but the sky is still glowing a golden yellow. The cloud layer above was so thick in the sky that it seems almost completely black in contrast to the last scraps of daylight, a blackout blind being drawn down to turn day into night in one stroke.