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Posted on November 13, 2010
by Brian Petersen 
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The sky opened up on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon to reveal rays of light from the sun.
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Hills in the Grapevine area off the 5 freeway in California.
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Farm off the 180 on the way to the Sequoias.
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This shot was taken from the Alabama Hills overlooking the Owens Valley and the White Mountains.
This was my first nature shooting expedition with my new Canon 50D using a Sigma fisheye 17mm film lens.
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The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19 ESV
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This is the 14 near the 395 in the Californian desert. The traffic lanes had been recently painted which helped for the vivid lines on the highway.
This was a wild cloud formation over the Sierra Nevada mountains
But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” “He is worthy of death,” they answered.
– Matthew 26.63-66 NIV
My friend mentioned Jesus’ return on the clouds as we watched this wild scene unfold. It is a shot at 8,000 to 9,000 feet from the White Mountain range looking across the Owens Valley to the Eastern Sierras. We were coming down the road from the ancient bristlecone pine forest near Bishop, and the sky was constantly shifting over the Sierras during the afternoon when this wild formation began. Sections of the cloud layer started peeling away while the sun peered through the gaps, and I had never seen anything quite like it.
“The White Mountains of California are a mountain range that runs along the eastern side of the upper Owens Valley, just east of the Sierra Nevada. They extend for approximately 60 miles (100 km), and are approximately 10 miles (16 km) wide. The northern end of the range extends slightly into Nevada, creating that state’s highest point, Boundary Peak. The range’s southern end is near the community of Big Pine, where Westgard Pass separates it from the Inyo Mountains.”
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(California)
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