I walked a mile and a half south of the house and got the sunset looking northeast, east and south while standing in the middle of the Rio Grande. Besides the normal shades of yellows, pinks and blues, the interesting shaped clouds to the north turned purple.
Off Center & Not Even 
Great photos! Those look like Lenticular clouds forming over the mountains.
Thanks, John! The clouds dissipated soon after the sun went down.
Agree with John – those do look like lenticular clouds, one of my favorite cloud formations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud
The little purple clouds remind me of what the visual field looked like in my left eye when I tore the retina back in August. Only there were many more of them. They looked like a strange flock of birds, only I soon realized I was only seeing them with one eye! The surgery has held up well. Can’t complain! Beautiful and thought provoking photos as always, Timothy!
How are the snakes doing?
Thanks, Lavinia! It’s much better seeing real birds, than having a torn retina. Good you got it fixed. The boa is doing really well. She is hungry. I have rats thawing and will feed them to her in the next few days.
Love those cloud formations, beautiful images.
Thanks, Karen!
Nice captures 🙂
Thanks!
They are all beautiful!
Thanks, Susan!
Timothy…awesome sunsets. I want them! I’ve changed the sunet gallery to Include sunrises…so if you have any please let me know. I got a few from Greece and thought why not both! Thanks for your amazing photos. Christine
Thanks, Christine. You can find a couple of sunrises here: http://photoofthedayetc.com/2014/12/18/pinkpurpleyellow-before-the-storm/, http://photoofthedayetc.com/2014/11/24/red-dawn-pink-dusk/
Oh wow I love love love these! So beautiful! I love the purple! There are so many birds flying!
Thanks, Michelle! I thought you would like the colors.
OH yes I do! I love seeing a wonderful sunset! Yours are always unobstructed and I love it! The sky is so amazing! Someone once tried to tell me all the reason why the sky turns different colors and truly I don’t care why I just love it so much! 😀
All the junk in the air that irritates my sinuses, helps with the colors. When I’m in the middle of the river it’s easy to get unobstructed landscapes and sunrises and sunsets.
That is so true! I know what you mean. I have allergies! I love the middle of the river! Were you boating or wadding?
I waded out to a sandbar in the middle of the river. Fortunately the river is really shallow on that side of the sand bar.
yes that is good! Gosh what you’ll do for a photo! I love that!
You live in such a wondrous part of the world, and these images show it…..big sky:)
Thanks, Janet. Yes we have a very big sky out here. We really notice the difference when we travel.
Simply stunning.
Thanks, Julia!
Beautiful photographs! I love the colours.
Thanks, Herman!
Beautiful photos .. Just love the colours 🙂
Thanks, Julia!
The clouds have great color and patterns.
Thanks!
Beautiful clouds!
Thanks, Imelda!
Beautiful sunsets! I love sunsets! Amazing shots……
Thanks, Miz Shaaz!
This is so magical!
Thanks, Lari!
Fantastic set of pics. Something about a sunset that is so calm and peaceful.
Thanks! I never get tired of sunsets.
Those clouds are unique – great shots!
Thanks, Janna!
Looks amazing
Thanks, Julia!