Skies and storms

On the prairie, the sky is most of the picture. I watch it the way other people watch a clock, because the best light rarely lasts more than a few minutes.

Black and white strips the weather down to its bones. Towering storm cells, shafts of rain, and sunbeams breaking through cloud all gain weight when there is no colour to soften them.

This collection gathers storms, cloudscapes, and low sun from across Manitoba, with a few winter skies mixed in.

A bright storm cell rising over the prairie

Photos

  • Dark storm clouds over a drainage ditch on the prairie
  • Rain falling from a heavy sky over a prairie highway
  • Storm clouds building over a straight gravel road
  • Low dark clouds over an old farmhouse on the prairie
  • Towering storm clouds over an empty road
  • Rain under stormy clouds behind a row of trees
  • A lone tree beneath a rain-streaked storm sky
  • Heavy clouds above a flat prairie field
  • Sun breaking through dark clouds over hay bales
  • A curtain of rain falling from a grey storm cloud
  • Rain falling behind a gravel road and two trees
  • A long gravel road under a dark band of cloud
  • Sunbeams through rippled clouds over a field
  • Rays of light through the clouds over a wheat field
  • Sunbeams fanning out beneath dark storm clouds
  • A bright storm cell rising over the prairie
  • Dark clouds opening over a flat horizon
  • A storm front rolling in behind a freight train
  • Dramatic clouds over a row of bare trees by the water
  • Light breaking through cracked clouds over a lake
  • Evening light through scattered clouds over open land
  • A sky full of billowing clouds
  • Heavy clouds over a drainage ditch
  • Overcast sky above an old barn
  • Fluffy clouds over a sports field and trees
  • Wisps of cloud over a wide prairie field
  • Fog and cloud streaks over a row of trees
  • Swirling cloud streaks over a harvested field
  • Dark clouds and low sun over a row of trees
  • Sun peeking through broken clouds over a tree line
  • Storm clouds over a windmill and gravel road
  • Dark clouds above a fenced road in the field
  • The sun high in a cloudy sky over a country track
  • Streaks of cirrus cloud over round hay bales
  • Wispy clouds over a stubble field
  • Sunbeams and mottled clouds over a farm road
  • The sun low behind trees on a quiet farm
  • A low sun beneath a dark cloud bank
  • Waves rolling onto a shore under a grey sky
  • A pale sun over a snowy field
  • A bright sun overhead above a lone tree

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