I don't know what got into me last week - I originally posted the date as 15 August although it was 8 August. Must have been watching the sky too much.
The skies have not been nice to Laos since the beginning of the month. While we had a long period of drought in the south, to the point of threatening the rice crops, it's been raining heavily in the north. And coupled with releases of water from dams along the Mekong, particularly from Chinese dams, the water level has been very high. In 1966, there was severe flooding in Vientiane - and this year, the water level has been even higher.
Last Saturday, we drove down to the south. This is at Pakkading:
This is the Sekong River:
Route 13 looking south:
And back in my house, looking out the back window on Thursday:
Meanwhile, in Vientiane, everyone's been working on fortifying the levee, which was built after the 1966 floods. There are low areas to the west of where I live and to the south but my own house is dry. I've been calling my landlady for daily updates. I'm a little worried about my mother cat and her kittens!
This is my contribution to Skywatch Friday. For more views of the sky from around the world, click here.
17 comments:
Fascinating images! A great Skywatch Post and very informative!
Cheers, Klaus
When I looked at the first image it looked as if the clouds were a water color- great shots!
All beautiful, beautiful photos. I especially like the first and last. I hope the floods dissipate with no harm to anyone and that your cat and kittens are ok. Glad you are high and dry. We had a 500 year flood near me two years ago. I am lucky to live safely on very high ground, but so many people suffered terribly. Mother nature - especially with human assistance - can be a real stinker.
The depth and texture of the clouds in the first photo are really stunning. All of these are impressive. God bless.
Ooh, I love the photo with the moon and pink clouds and the "hat" on the mountain.
Very great choices for SWF. Beautiful and dramatic and that is the everyday sky:)
Petunia
Very interesting and detailed clouds with such depth and creativity! Well done!
Great images of a stunning sky!
Krisu
Really beautiful pictures. Those clouds around the mountain are simply wonderful!
I love that first photo, there all wonderful.
Lovely photos! I like how the clouds kind of hang over the mountains. That last one is really pretty.
Makes me want to do more traveling! Thanks for sharing your corner of the world.
Beautiful shots with varied and special skies, and interesting info !
Gorgeous! wow. I am so jealous of your view.
It just super to visit all these special places, great photos and nice to read the story with them. Cats seem to bee doing ok, in august 18 post:)
Wonderful series of shots!
I love that last one with the pink clouds and the moon - gorgeous!
Sorry, I’m a little late because I was sailing this weekend.
So I stop by and say thank you for a nice SWF.
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