DFW | January 2010 | Founders' Plaza | Storm Front

This was back on 28 January. Bizzaro day that was pretty much the only spring-like day for most of the winter. There were some rain showers from earlier in the day but a squall line from a frontal boundary was fast approaching and I thought it'd make an ominous backdrop for a panoramic shot of the UPS ramp.

Believe it or not this was about 3pm in the afternoon when the UPS flights all start heading out. There are usually two A300-600Fs off to the right of that Boeing 767-300F, but they'd already headed out and the MD-11F is being pushed back. Right after that MD-11F taxied out, a torrential downpour with tons of lightning stopped airport and ramp operations temporarily, but one of the 757 freighters still managed to taxi out.

Tripod mounted set of three shots were taken for this panorama- f/5.6, 1/100 sec at ISO 800. Click the image to view in a larger format.