Snowy Starburst

Captured just after a snowstorm while driving along Arizona’s Mogollon Rim, Snowy Sunburst freezes a fleeting and surreal moment in time. The sun pierces the cloud cover with dazzling intensity, creating prism-like rays that stretch across the sky and scatter rainbows of light through the atmosphere. Framed by tall ponderosa pines reaching up from the forest below, this image evokes the untamed magic of the high country—where the elements shift without warning, and beauty appears when least expected. This was a moment of stillness and awe, surrounded by silence, just as the storm gave way to light.

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