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Rough weather is waiting around the corner. These and other weird looking clouds were racing over the sky the whole day. Forming, disappearing, re-forming and changing at a high pace.
Late the following night a violent blizzard arrived.
Photo shot from in between El Fraile and El Muerto, on the way to Ojos del Salado.
Comments
[ Post a Comment ]| julesblaidd | It looks great... | | 
Voted 10/10 | I have never seen similar. | | Posted Jan 3, 2007 9:58 am |
 | | Corax | Re: It looks great... | | 
Hasn't voted | I have never seen similar.
Me neither, or I should say; I have never seen that kind of cloud formations in any other place than the Puna.
When there's a storm approaching, these kind of clouds start to build up.
It's a 100% warning for strong winds. | | Posted Jan 3, 2007 6:29 pm |
| Laurabeth | Insane Shot!! | | 
Voted 10/10 | the calm before the storm.... | | Posted Jan 20, 2007 5:25 pm |
| | Corax | Re: Insane Shot!! | |
Hasn't voted | Yes, it was the calm before the storm. First i saw the clouds forming and then the first gusts arrived. Later on that day, the wind had picked up a lot and that night was insane. I was lucky to find a good shelter for my tent. I went for the summit of Ojos del Salado the next day. Was a bit afraid to be blown off the summit ridge. | | Posted Jan 28, 2007 10:19 pm |
| | Corax | Re: what a wonderful shot! | |
Hasn't voted | It was in 2005. The date must've been the 28'th or 29'th of March. That's in the end of the summer season and the first fall storms arrive. The one that hit me was brutal. I was lucky to find a deep river bed where I had good shelter for my tent. The wind knocked me down twice on the summit ridge of Ojos del Salado the day after. | | Posted Feb 26, 2007 2:27 pm |
| seanpeckham | Wow! | | 
Voted 10/10 | Those are the weirdest-looking clouds I've ever seen! So surreal. Cool picture!! | | Posted Jun 12, 2007 2:05 am |
| | Corax | Re: Wow! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks.
I have never seen that strange clouds either. Like sky demons. | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 2:22 pm |
| furia | wow | | 
Voted 10/10 | very impressive indeed!! | | Posted Oct 30, 2007 12:14 pm |
| | Corax | Re: wow | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks! | | Posted Nov 2, 2007 7:33 pm |
| Nate D | incredible | | 
Voted 10/10 | check out and consider posting this photo to:
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/ | | Posted Nov 28, 2007 2:43 pm |
| | Corax | Re: incredible - A good idea | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for the tip. I checked out the site and I will most definitely send some of my photos there. I love strange looking clouds! | | Posted Nov 28, 2007 7:30 pm |
| stinkycheezman33 | wow | | 
Voted 10/10 | those are some crazy looking clouds. i know it's been said already, but nice shot! thanks for sharing. | | Posted Feb 24, 2008 4:51 pm |
| | Corax | Re: wow | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks!
I may add some more photos from that day later. Lots of weird cloud formations before that storm. | | Posted Feb 26, 2008 2:25 am |
| seanpeckham | weird clouds! | |
Voted 10/10 | looks like a surrealist painting. Great photo! | | Posted May 9, 2008 5:10 pm |
| | Corax | Re: weird clouds! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for the comment and the vote. Beautiful, but also a warning of what was coming up ---> a violent storm arrived later that day. | | Posted May 12, 2008 5:37 pm |
| BCJ | Easily... | | 
Voted 10/10 | the most interesting cloud formation I've seen...looks like that front part of the cloud just popped off the back part. Great photo!
Brian | | Posted Oct 20, 2008 10:58 pm |
| | Corax | Re: Easily... | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks Brian.
I may post some more photos from that day. The sky was a riot of clouds "battling each other". | | Posted Oct 29, 2008 11:59 am |
| claudioNC | Bellissima, davvero !!! | | 
Voted 10/10 | :-O | | Posted Nov 19, 2008 8:48 pm |
| | Corax | Re: Bellissima, davvero !!! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks!
It's one of my favorite days in the mountains ever. There was a war going on in the sky and you knew something really nasty was coming up. I was lucky to find a reasonably sheltered valley for protection in the end of the day. Must've been hurricane force winds that night. | | Posted Nov 20, 2008 4:33 am |
| | claudioNC | Re: Bellissima, davvero !!! | |
Voted 10/10 | I can imagine it! At the end of summer... so, at least, it wasn't too much cold during the night? | | Posted Nov 20, 2008 7:50 am |
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