I'm no fan of the darkest months of the year, but it sure is uplifting to come across these types of scenes. Probably the only time of the year that one could encounter such conditions.

So I was quick to jump out of the car and shot some frames of this splendid display of colour right beside the runway on the local airport.

Captured with a D700 and AF-S 24-70mm f2.8 lens. Written to SanDisk Extreme IV Ducati Edition compact flash card.