John Risti took this photo of a glowing orange sky driving some hills in Stallion Springs on Aug. 4. The painted sky came courtesy of storm clouds that resulted in exceptional August thundershowers in parts of the Tehachapi Mountains.
Stallion Springs, an area of about 10,000 acres, is nestled into the western aspect of Cummings Valley, and the mountains that form this fertile basin. Houses on the western border of Stallion Springs overlook the southern close of the San Joaquin Valley, about 3,500 ft below.
From this site, Stallion Springs is normally the first Tehachapi local community to get temperature going in from the west, and there are times when the 1st raindrops of a storm slide on Stallion Springs.
Seeking out toward the San Joaquin Valley on certain days yields a view that appears to be like a mighty wave has rolled in, as a sea of white clouds obscures the patchwork quilt of farmland below that is noticeable on distinct days.
Stallion Springs citizens frequently have wonderful vantage details to perspective equally sunrises and sunsets. Due to the fact most of Cummings Valley has remained agricultural instead than staying created, the perspective in the direction of the east in the morning gives loads of sky, down to the mountainous horizon, with the viewscape unimpeded by properties.
To the west is the wide Central Valley and the distant Coast Selection, so Stallion Springs inhabitants often have front row seat to changing climate and colorful skies.
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