The weather changed yesterday. A moonlit morning turned cloudy, then sunny, then cloudy with heavy rain and a lot of wind. Mid-afternoon, there were brief periods of sun between showers and the air was colder but clear and dry - relatively… Late afternoon, the sun shone for real and Karl and I headed out for a walk. Though it is still more than a month from the Winter equinox, the sun makes a fairly low arc across the southern sky now. This afternoon, the almost setting sun (4 p.m.) was casting an intense light from low on the horizon, across the tree tops and under the snow clouds moving in from the northwest. It made for some incredible lighting effects.
As we came near the end of the walk, we stopped and watched the snow shower move into the small valley between our foothill and the Swan Range. The wind was gusting and the clouds were rolling as the squall moved in.
Shortly after our walk, I headed to Bigfork Village. Another snow squall produced an alpenglo light show to the south as the sun set behind the Bitteroots to the west.
Low light - Montana Fall.