On the road

We have seen a lot of these heat haze effects on our trip. Hiroko managed to catch this one with the camera. Some times it looked like the road actually disappeared as the sky was mirrored on the road in the horizon. Technically, it is a mirage caused by the hot asphalt (or tarmac) heating the air over it so that light rays are bent such that a mirror image forms under the actually object.

Ice cream at a diner on Route 66

Buying buffalo jerky at an Indian road side shop close to Grand Canyon. It was really good!

In Arizona, P started to notice that the clouds had a red tinge. As most of the rocks and sand is red in Arizona, we thought it fitting that the clouds would also be pink-bellied. We speculated that it could be reflection of the ground or caused by red dust. Researching it a bit, I found that it may be caused by an optical effect called iridecence.