Old Man Winter paid a visit to Colorado this weekend. I spent the better part of Saturday chasing stuff on the Moffat sub. In no particular order, I encountered rain, snow, sleet, graupel, wind, cold, fog, etc. etc. I’ve always found that the worse weather, the more interesting the photos, though. Here are my 5 favorites from the outing:
Graupel, or groppel (either one is correct, but graupel is more correct…spell-check hates 'em both) is the name for soft hail or snow pellets…supercooled water freezing around a snowflake.
Oh…and Chris, the weather does make for interesting and outstanding shots. If I were a photographer, I’d be glad if you left it home if you venture this way!
OK, Chris, now you make me want to kick the thermostat up a couple of degrees, and it isn’t even that cold down here yet. Kind of like only watching “Fargo” or “Dr. Zhivago” in the summer.
Chris, your photos are of the quality of a photografer., some which have passed on and those who are still with us. I have seen those shots in person while driving across Wyo. in mid winter in years past. ~~~ Only this time Iam warm & cozy here at home. Green River Wyo. has some great photo ops.( east or west of). Did you have a jug of warm cider with you , and a shutter warmer too?? They are all great shots, nice work.
On the first photo, the signals have been fully UP-ized since the Rio Grande days. They imply a siding is within the tunnel. Do you know if there is a siding inside now?
I went through Moffat tunnel on the Rio Grande Zephyr in 1982, and saw NO room for such a siding within it, so suspect the signals only repeat what is 10 or so miles away near the west portal.
In the late 1970’s I was at the west portal a couple of times, which was then in the middle of nowhere! In October 2010 when the location was visited again, I could not believe the growth!
I would imagine the east portal is still rather secluded, which must have been just dandy for your winter land photo session!
