Pike's Peak Monsoonal Flow

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A foreboding thunderstorm from this year's active monsoon season begins to break up on the backside of Pike's Peak in Teller County, CO. I'm hoping to catch some nice fall colors around here when I return to Teller this week to finish up a photo assignment. I hear the aspen are looking good, but you never know.

Image Notes: Manually blended two images (one for sky and one for foreground) via luminosity and hand-painted masks.

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