Sunset Storm Clouds Over West Texas Mountains

Golden-hour light breaks across a towering bank of storm clouds over a desert mountain range in West Texas. Sunlit cumulus and a dark cloud shelf hang above open Chihuahuan Desert scrubland at dusk.

Shot

May 2026

Credit

Texas Image Library

Tags

big sky, chihuahuan desert, clouds, cumulus clouds, desert, dramatic sky, dusk, evening light, golden hour, landscape, mountain range, mountains, nature, open range, outdoors, scenic, scrubland, southwest, storm clouds, sunset, texas, weather, west texas, wilderness