Thunderhead

This picture was inspired by a photograph I saw in a magazine. Nature provides us with so many beautiful images as well as questions. Why is this thundercloud orange and purple? Was the sun way up high over white clouds and a cold front began rolling in low from somewhere? What did it look like as a person on the earth stared up above? Did they just see the purple bottom but not the plume of orange and white above it? The perspective I chose was one of a person on a hill overlooking the valley who could see all of it. In our own lives, we often have a gorgeous "top plume" that we present to the world, but we can have a purple gathering of emotions beneath, can't we? Thanks for tuning in.