What a single overnight can do

While I usually try to make it to my hotel before nightfall, sometimes that doesn't work out.  So sometimes you get treated to an awesome sunset:

I particularly liked this shot because it shows both nature's beauty, and out attempts at harnessing nature to create energy for our needs.  Wind-, solar-, and other energy technologies that don't burn something and create by-products that are released into the atmosphere are the best chance at leaving a world that's livable for future generations.

But that old adage - "Red at night, sailor's delight" - didn't apply.  After this sunset, winter weather moved in overnight and left behind a whole different world the next morning: