#0217 "Holiday Sunset"

This was a sunset in early July at Clear Lake near Elgin, Ontario. Clear Lake is one of the beautiful steps of the Rideau Canal system. The raft had just been launched for a few minutes before being occupied by the kids.

The cirrostratus was high in the sky and still catching the last rays of light from the sun. The lower patches of altostratus were already in relative darkness. The cloud on the lower horizon were the start of the more organized deck of altostratus. When you add these cloud types all together one achieves a warm conveyor belt and a slow moving summer storm. The sunset of red clouds at night really told of rain the next day.

We were on holidays at the Green Valley Camp which we started to go to around 1959 or 1960. This vista from the beach in 1989 was enjoyed by the next generation to enjoy this very special place.