Alexander A. Allan.

An example of crown flashes, also called jumping sun dogs. They’re streamers of light above storm clouds that appear to dance and flash, sometimes quite rapidly, looking like search lights or huge light sabers.

They’re almost certainly caused by long ice crystals above the cloud that align themselves with the cloud’s electric field. If you see them from the right angle, they bend (or refract) the sunlight toward you, causing the glow. 

Scottish Landscape Artist: Scott Naismith

After 10 years of painting the Scottish landscape, my recent work now becomes more involved with cloudcover and its effect on light and colour through both its translucent and opaque properties. Clouds are visible masses of water droplets or frozen ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. They have the ability to refract and reflect, creating an ever changing perception of light which inspires my use of colour.

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At 11,000 feet and nestled within the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado, Animas Forks Ghost Town harkens back to the days of prospectors and gold mines.  Miners built the town’s first cabins in 1873 when they moved to the area in search of gold. At its height, Animas Forks had 450 residences and 30 cabins, a hotel, a saloon, a general store and a post office. It even had its own newspaper! But most of the gold mining in the area had ceased by 1910, and Animas Forks was a ghost town by 1920.

Today, more than 100,000 people take a step back in time each year by visiting the abandoned town, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. You can find Animas Forks along the Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway, 12 miles northeast of Silverton, Colo. The best way to explore the region is in the summer by Jeep, as many of the byway’s roads are unpaved and the area is generally snowy and muddy by late fall. Nine of the original buildings still stand and are open to entry, thanks to collaboration with San Juan County and various partner groups to stabilize and restore them.

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Since the mid 1980s, Boston-based visual artist Luther Price has been known for his iconic deeply personal, and at times disturbing, Super 8mm films and live performances.