Beautiful clouds, Patrick, and you have 'la luz'! Cheers, John
On Monday, August 18, 2025 at 1:20:10 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Here in ABQ, NM I’m handicapped because (1) we don’t have the majestic > green vistas, brooding forests, or lovely bodies of water that others so > competently capture in their photos, and (2) by my photographic > incompetence (I *think* that by the time my iPhone 8 came out — damn > upgrading! — the cameras were pretty good). But we do have one thing that > all y’all don’t have, or don’t have as good as we have: clouds. > > ~20 mile ride just now on the 1999 Joe Starck 76” gofast fixed gear ride > at 97*F and a surprisingly high 24% relative humidity, with a hi-pres > system keeping the monsoon rains away, but achingly lovely sapphire sky and > cottonwool cumulus clouds delicately tinted by hints of rain. > > The only other place I’ve seen such magnificent cloudscapes was in > Nairobi, Kenya 50+ years ago before pollution marred the mile-high-plus > skies. > > And, for once, despite my incapacity with iPhone cameras, I think I > managed to capture at least a small part of the magnificence of the actual > scene. > > Patrick Moore, whom Cyclemeter on same iPhone 8 advises that he averaged > 17.66 mph whoo-hoo speed on a 5.18 mile stretch against a modest headwind. > (14s-15s elsewhere. Clock running. Of course.) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f0f8738b-8e35-48f5-a298-62e32612d640n%40googlegroups.com.
