” The sky is ever sensed above Canada.” – Russian writer Andrei Voznesensky in 1971
Travellers headed west out of Calgary towards the mountains are focused on the growing Rockies, but the first thing that strikes me every time I drive east from the stampede city is the big sky.
Construction delay near Cardston, Alberta, looking west towards the Rocky Mountains
Perhaps it’s because I can’t see over the horizon that my eyes are drawn upwards into the endless expanse of sky. Unlike the Rockies, the land is so flat and sparse in much of the Canadian Badlands that I can literally see forever. The sense of space is irresistible.
This part of Canada tends to have the most clear days and the most sunlit hours in all of the country. But when a storm approaches, it can be seen for miles.
Tags: big sky, Canadian Badlands, clouds, storm
Jill, you’re right about the colour of a ripe canola field. It’s a luminescence kind of limey yellow that I found impossible to capture on film (digital). I noticed that immediately. Maybe it’s appropriate that it’s impossible to capture. Gotta be there. Can’t just put it in a bottle and take it home. Cool.
Thanks for your comment.
Wow, nice pictures! Big sky indeed, having spent a few years working and living in Northern Alberta i had forgotten what a bveutiful province it is..Thanks Greg Moore
Love your pictures!
I agree, the Alberta sky is amazing. Your photo of the canola field under the storm cloud really captures what it’s like around here right now.
Don’t you find the canola has a light of its own? Such an intense yellow.
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