{"id":9039,"date":"2013-08-10T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=9039"},"modified":"2013-08-14T15:50:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T23:50:22","slug":"august-10-2013-vla-and-az-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2013\/08\/10\/august-10-2013-vla-and-az-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"August 10, 2013  VLA and AZ sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7798_Springer_AZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9047\" alt=\"13Aug10_7798_Springer_AZ\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7798_Springer_AZ.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7798_Springer_AZ.jpg 700w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7798_Springer_AZ-304x123.jpg 304w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7798_Springer_AZ-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today was the final chase day for the monsoon tour.\u00a0 We began in Moriarty, NM, and needed to be closer to Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0 I targeted the NM\/AZ border in the high terrain west of Socorro.\u00a0 We spent an hour or so at the VLA (Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes) near Datil, NM, and near sunset watched some weak thunderstorms near Springerville, AZ.\u00a0 The lightning was infrequent, unfortunately, and I was unable to photograph a bolt to compliment the impressive, colorful sunset.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9040\" alt=\"13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM-223x123.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM-223x123.jpg 223w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM-300x165.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7815_Springer_AZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9048\" alt=\"13Aug10_7815_Springer_AZ\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7815_Springer_AZ-190x123.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7815_Springer_AZ-190x123.jpg 190w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7815_Springer_AZ-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7815_Springer_AZ.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7770_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9046\" alt=\"13Aug10_7770_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7770_VLA_NM-184x123.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7770_VLA_NM-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7770_VLA_NM-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7770_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7768_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9045\" alt=\"13Aug10_7768_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7768_VLA_NM-185x123.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7768_VLA_NM-185x123.jpg 185w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7768_VLA_NM-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7768_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7766_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9044\" alt=\"13Aug10_7766_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7766_VLA_NM-184x123.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7766_VLA_NM-184x123.jpg 184w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7766_VLA_NM-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7766_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7763_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9043\" alt=\"13Aug10_7763_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7763_VLA_NM-199x123.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7763_VLA_NM-199x123.jpg 199w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7763_VLA_NM-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7763_VLA_NM.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7751_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9042\" alt=\"13Aug10_7751_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7751_VLA_NM-205x123.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7751_VLA_NM-205x123.jpg 205w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7751_VLA_NM-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7751_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7736_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9041\" alt=\"13Aug10_7736_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7736_VLA_NM-219x123.jpg\" width=\"219\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7736_VLA_NM-219x123.jpg 219w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7736_VLA_NM-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7736_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9040\" alt=\"13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM-223x123.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM-223x123.jpg 223w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM-300x165.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7734_VLA_NM.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7863_Springer_AZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9049\" alt=\"13Aug10_7863_Springer_AZ\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7863_Springer_AZ-341x123.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7863_Springer_AZ-341x123.jpg 341w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7863_Springer_AZ-300x108.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13Aug10_7863_Springer_AZ.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today was the final chase day for the monsoon tour.\u00a0 We began in Moriarty, NM, and needed to be closer to Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0 I&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2013\/08\/10\/august-10-2013-vla-and-az-sunset\/\">[Read&nbsp;More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-54","7":"category-astronomy","8":"category-sunsets-and-storms","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9050,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions\/9050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}