Ominous Sunset

[Beyond_Vision]

There was an absolutley errie and amazing looking sunset as I drove out of Gloucester last night. It was like a scene out of the movie Independance Day. I think it was possibly Mammatus cloud formations enchanced by the Sun setting on a clear western horizon. Most of the sky was covered with these dark clouds and the low angle lighting of the Sun on the surroundings made everything stand out in highlights and shadows.

Pictures taken with a Canon 400D and Sigma 18-35mm lens. Stitched togegther with Microsoft ICE.

Regards

Kevin

[Deneb]

Your not Joking - Eerie ! Reminds of the old game - Silent Hill. The top image also reminds of somethings bad going to happen.

Nice captures anyhow..

Nadeem..

[TakMan]

Fantastic widefields Kevin - love 'em!

Agree with Nadeem, the sky looks like it's boiling in that top shot...

Thanks for posting!

Damian

[Mick UK]

Absoloutley STUNNING image Kevin (1st one), not many people will capture a image like that during thier life time!

The other 2 certainly do remind you of Silent Hill, very spooky!

ps..am i the only one to notice the UFO at 1 o'clock that caused this phenomenon?

Thanks for posting these images Kev...well done:)

[Worzsel]

The first picture is spectacular !

[neelam]

awesome.all of them look surreal

[Sam]

Nice shots Kevin, looks boiling and nasty!

[Psychobilly]

Brilliant Kev.. you have a PM

Hope you don't mind had a little play with something which might be very useful if we get a decent Show of NLC's this year...

Peter...

[zhgutas]

Wow.. must've been breathtaking... :icon_eek: Absolutely love scenes like this.. yep, definitely hints of Mammatus there. and the colour tones are just as spectacular as the clouds themselves.. thanks for sharing!

Marius

[Worzsel]

I keep coming back to this for a look.

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks for the really great comments and thanks Pete for showing me the fill in tool. I didn't want to crop the original as it lost some of the interesting detail so left it as it is.

I was in town driving home when I saw this on a an elevated section of road going past Gloucester Train Station it was a surreal scene as you could see a blindlingly bright sun in the rear view mirror with nearly all the sky covered in ominous looking black cloud. I rushed home and got the camera out just in time. It was a shame I couldn't take it from high ground like I first saw it in town.

Regards

Kevin