Anatomy of a Composition - January Morning

Denver is known for its snow, but it isn’t known for its humidity. Our is either heavy and wet, pulled in from the Gulf of Mexico, or dry and light delivered across the Great Basin where it picks up micro-dust which aids in coalescence. When we see something in-between, like we did just a few mornings ago, it was the result of dense, warm and humid air getting trapped underneath a dry and cold layer of air, and depending on where the high and low pressure systems are located the cloud formations, mimicking rushing rivers and tides, will flow north or south over the different formations of the Front Range and wrap Denver in a deep, dense blanket of fog.

These inversions are as mesmerizing as they are rare, and sitting out for an hour or more to watch the ebb and flow of the cloudy currents is only topped by having the camera along to capture the images used to put this short sequence together.