Cool Colorado Rain
by Douglas Taylor
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Title
Cool Colorado Rain
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
A late summer rainstorm graces the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado as seen from the roadside of Colorado highway 17.
The northern San Luis Valley of southern Colorado is essentially a closed basin with no significant drainage away to any rivers. The southern half of this long and broad valley is the headwaters of the Rio Grande River flowing south through Colorado, New Mexico, then along the Texas-Mexico border to the Gulf of Mexico. Located between the towering Rocky Mountains to the west and the Sangre de Cristo mountain range to the east, the San Luis Valley is a high, cool desert with very little flowing water.
Most water is obtained by accessing groundwater which is reasonably plentiful due to the runoff of snowmelt and rain from those mountains. In this photograph the dry grasslands run dead flat all the way to the Sangre de Cristo mountains which are enjoying a rare late summer rain. Great Sand Dunes National Park is northeast of this location.
CONTEST WINNER: 2nd Place, "All Colorado" group contest, August 2022.
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January 1st, 2020
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Comments (54)
Sharon W
Ok, this is such a WOW nature capture and image for me! I so love the feeling before a storm. Of course hope all were kept safe! Love the contrast in your colors, very awesome work!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Sharon! Thank you so very much for your enthusiastic compliment of my photograph! Your kind words are most appreciated here.
Adrienne Wilson
Great variety of weather, sun, clouds and rain. Congratulations on your win.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your wonderful compliment, Adrienne! I appreciate your words very much.
Carol Lowbeer
Congratulations on your well deserved first place win in "Heads in the Clouds" contest, Douglas!
VIVA Anderson
Congratulations, Douglas, for your 1st Place, HEADS IN THE CLOUDS, voted, So Happy For You................VIVA
Roger Quesnel
Wow! I love thisā¦no surprise!!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic compliment, Roger! It is most appreciated here.
VIVA Anderson
Amazing, Douglas. Stunning moment, stunning capture: Nature's glory, your wonderful visual....Kudos, FAV., .....VIVA
Dianne Cowen Photography
Superb capture, Douglas. I've heard Colorado is stunning. This photo confirms that!
Laurie Search
Wow!!! Those are some incredible clouds!!! Love their shadows on the mountains, too!! Gorgeous color, as well!! :)))f
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your kind and enthusiastic compliments, Laurie! Your words are most appreciated by this man.
Katie Dobies
Thank you for sharing your work with UNLIMITED BLUE. It is featured on the home page on 8.23.22. Congratulations!
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contestā¦ SH SPIRITUAL RAIN GRATEFUL WATER! Fl
Debby Pueschel
Wow....incredible capture, Congratulations on your feature in Art and Photography Submissions to PKA. FL
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your enthusiastic compliment, Debby! I appreciate your support very much.
Taphath Foose
Beautiful image, Douglas!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! š
Katie Dobies
Just fabulous! This work has been featured on the home page of UNLIMITED LANDSCAPES on 8.13.22.
VIVA Anderson
Good luck in SPIRITUAL RAIN contest, for all your wonderful entries.....f.v.......VIVA
Johanna Zettler
What a breathtaking scenery.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Johanna! Scenes like this is why some of say "The West is the Best".
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique imageās being Featured in āDramatic Landscape Seascape and Cityscape Photographsā group. The artist is invited to add the image to the groupās current ā2022 Feature Archiveā Discussion topic.
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Bob! I am honored to be featured in this wonderful photography art group and among the superb photographers who exhibit here.
Laurel Adams
Douglas, CONGRATULATIONS! Your work has been featured in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! You are cordially invited to POST image embed links for this distinction to the šGAs -Features Archive -2022 thread in the discussion tab. Thank you for your glimpse of beauty!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Laurel! I am honored to be featured in this fabulous art group and among the many superb artists who exhibit here. Your wonderful support is most appreciated here.
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