A Frozen Forest Above Santa Fe

Yesterday afternoon I drove up to Ski Santa Fe to watch the forest as the sun began to set. 

The Santa Fe mountains seen from below. A few cloud shadows along the mountains ridge.

Shadows were already beginning to lengthen and fall on the opposite side of the road among some aspen.

Continuing up the mountain the amount of light began to decrease and the shadows lengthened even more.

I reached the base of the ski area and the temperature, according to my car, was 15 degree F but not much wind. It was almost like being dumped on top of a completely frosted cake; the raven on the top of the tree like a decoration.

Near-by trees exhibited their white frozen beauty against the blue New Mexico sky.

Above me the mountain with its clouds, a bit of blue sky and now shadows beginning to creep up the mountain side.

The mood of the day began to change as the sun continued to set.

The color change, at first subtle, began to become noticeable.

Trees beginning to catch the warmer colors of the sun with the white mountain behind growing to a warmer white.

The tops of trees near-by still getting some bright sun.

The sun began to set in the west. The trees became more silhouette-like and the blue in the sky darkened.

A pink cast in the clouds against the blue sky above the mountains.  

Twilight