This photograph was captured on September 9th, 2025 at 9:17am. The perspective of the photo is facing south-west in front of the Ann & H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Science. Contrary to the darkening of the image, the day was bright and sunny.

The cloud type at the bottom of the image appears to be a stratocumulus, while the clouds on top resemble cirrostratus. The atmosphere must be unstable to produce both of these cloud types. A Skew-T diagram diagram provided from data at the Grand Junction/Walker Field Co. Station (Station 72476) is attached below.