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I've been researching homes and property on Zillow and realtor.com, and boy have I seen some lovely architecture. I have to be careful not to want to move there simply for the architecture!
Anyway, about the clouds...I was under the impression that NM has endless blue skies and sun, but when I go to Zillow and realtor.com and view homes for sale, almost every single one of the outdoor photos of the homes show clouds in the sky. The clouds are often the pillowy white super high clouds that make the sky gorgeous, but I have also seen some storm clouds and some wispy clouds as well.
I know that NM has a great deal of sun, but are the skies most always pure blue with few clouds and it's just dumb luck that the photos I see of the homes have clouds in them? Or is it normal to have textured blue skies with clouds about that don't obscure the sun but give the sky a painted canvas feel?
Depends on the time of year. If pictures were taken during our monsoon season (July-August) there will be interesting clouds and thunderheads but still mostly sunny. It is common to have fluffy clouds a few days a week but it will be mostly sunny and bright. We might have some overcast days in the winter. The sky is always interesting here -- as interesting as the landscape.
Anyway, about the clouds...I was under the impression that NM has endless blue skies and sun, but when I go to Zillow and realtor.com and view homes for sale, almost every single one of the outdoor photos of the homes show clouds in the sky. The clouds are often the pillowy white super high clouds that make the sky gorgeous, but I have also seen some storm clouds and some wispy clouds as well.
I've taken over 20,000 pictures of New Mexico. I even take a picture of the clouds, when we have them... Only have
293 cloud pictures:
Depends on the time of year. If pictures were taken during our monsoon season (July-August) there will be interesting clouds and thunderheads but still mostly sunny. It is common to have fluffy clouds a few days a week but it will be mostly sunny and bright. We might have some overcast days in the winter. The sky is always interesting here -- as interesting as the landscape.
Stunning photos!
I love clouds and texture in the sky, so your comment above about the sky being interesting makes me think that it's not just bright blue day after day after day.
Hmmm, 290/20,000 doesn't make for very good odds of having too many days with clouds. That must be why you take pictures of clouds when you see them. However, the cloud photos on your flicker account are awesome, and I'm not using "awesome" in the Valley Girl way. I'm, like, using the term the way the dictionary defines it. Thank you for sending the link. I'll be spending a while on your page absorbing the beauty. Absolutely lovely photos.
The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours a place normally has in a year.
we, in Albuquerque, are having an overcast day (so far) and I can't recall when we had the last one. If you are a photographer the clouds, and cloud shadows, here add significant interest to an already beautiful landscape. The sky is bright and clear due to elevation and low humidity so the clouds stand out in a crisp blue sky. There are exceptions but most days are bright but not uniformly cloudless.
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