Sunset west of Victorville, California

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Sunset west of Victorville, California

[democratisphere]

1. Beautiful pic.

The sky appears to be on fire. Thank you for sharing Adsos Letter!

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9. You're welcome.

And thank you for commenting.

[Soph0571]

2. Stunning

Blood red beauty- glorious

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10. It was amazing.

I was driving down to San Diego on Highway 138. I noticed the desert in front of me was assuming a warm pinkish/purple tone. Glanced in the rearview, and Bam! I wish I'd had time to swap the telephoto for the 11-16mm wide angle.

[democrank]

3. Breathtaking photos

Thank you

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11. Thanks.

As always, Mother Nature does all of the heavy lifting.

[nocalflea]

4. Gorgeous !

Love the contrast of colors from roadside to highway on up into the clouds.

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16. I've been using the DxO developing software.

It does a really nice job processing RAW files.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. ohm myyyyyy!!

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14. These images don't come close to doing it justice.

It was really impressive, out in the open desert. I just wish I'd had time to dig out the wide angle lens, as this covered the western horizon.

[trusty elf]

6. Superb, AL !

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12. Thank you, Trusty Elf!

As always, Mother Nature does all of the heavy lifting.

Hope you are well, and loving life.

[babylonsister]

7. Breathtaking! nt

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13. It was.

And I suspect you've seen these before.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. SO gorgeous, my dear Adsos Letter! Thank you. n/t

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15. Thanks, Peggy.

As always, Mother Nature does all of the heavy lifting.

That new camera has been serving you well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Indeed it has!

I am very happy with it.

[denbot]

17. Nice

K&R

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19. Nature

[BigmanPigman]

18. Wow, that is how the sky looked for a week in San Diego

during each of the week long fires in 2003 and 2007. Fantastic!

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20. Thanks.

No fires this time.

[mnhtnbb]

22. Wow. Great shots.

You just happened to be out on the road?

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24. I was headed down to San Diego.

I HATE driving through L.A. . The whole stretch of I-5, from the southern base of the Grapevine to about Irvine, can be a real nightmare if you hit it at the wrong time (pretty much all day, from my experience). So, I get off at Gorman (about halfway over the pass) and loop around east through Lancaster and Palmdale (some pretty scrubby desert) then catch I-15 south to San Diego.

Taking this route leaves me in a much better mood when I get to my destination.

[mnhtnbb]

26. Great idea to bypass L.A.

My brother told me it once took them four hours (double the time it should take) to get back from Santa Monica to Solana Beach when he
was going up there pre/post hip replacement surgery about five years ago. The 405 can be a real mess a lot of the time. Used to drive it a lot
when I lived in L.A. back in the '70's and '80's and even then it was starting to get congested much of the time.

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27. Last time I drove I-5 through LA...

...I hit the bottom of the Grapevine just as the afternoon commute was starting.

There were a couple of accidents along the way.

It to me 3 hours to make it to Irvine.

Heading south again this evening, but this time I’m flying.

[bleedinglib]

23. That's the only thing

beautiful west of Victorville !!

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25. You got that right.

Pretty scrubby desert out there.