I love to get the scenes on camera before a storm, as the colors created by the sun and the clouds are always amazing.
Now I didn't have a lot of time and so, I grabbed what I could and then we returned home before the rain set in.
According to the weatherman a series of cold fronts, with their storms, will hit us again this week. As if not much damage was created already during the other cold fronts recently. Rockfalls closed some mountain passes and hundreds of people lost their homes during the floods. The people are now staying in halls and other places of refuge, and they get food and warm clothing. Nature is extremely powerful, and roads and bridges were destroyed. A news report today stated that some people sought relief on the roofs of their houses. Thankfully the disaster teams are on the ball and as far as I know, no lives have been lost yet. The fear is now that the new series of cold fronts would create much more havoc.
In any case, I have some landscapes in here to show you my idea of nature's beauty.
Come and see.
Things started to darken due to this big storm cloud arriving over a mountain at the north.
But thankfully, the sun was still on the mountains at the east and the south.
And finally, here's a look at the south of the mountain range.
We pray for all of those that lost their houses and also for the farmers whose vineyards and other crops were flooded. Our dams are now filling up fast and a few dams already had to open their sluice gates allowing the dams not to overfill. The problem is that when they open the gates, rivers below the dams burst their banks and the result is that many properties and farms in the areas below the dams get flooded.
We were trapped in one of those floods some years ago and it was a hairy experience. You go to sleep at night and the next morning when you get up, you stand in water up to your knees :)
Never a pleasant experience.
Such is life.
I hope that you have enjoyed the mountain scenes.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX70HS Bridge camera.
