Italian Alps Sunset

March 20, 2010

20100320 – Saturday - Italian Alps Sunset

Photographer: Stefano De Rosa
Summary Authors: Stefano De Rosa; Jim Foster

The photo above showing a glorious sunset was taken near Turin, Italy, overlooking the Italian Alps, on January 30, 2010. Twists and turns of orange-gold colored clouds together with different shades of blue sky and the silhouetted mountains made for an attention-getting evening. As with many memorable sunsets, the formation of mid-level altocumulus and altostratus clouds rallied to save what would have been a more banal close to the day. Note that in the Northern Hemisphere spring begins today (March 20).

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