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\"StormStorm clouds over Fremont Island and Promontory Point from Bridger Bay
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Some days the weather forecasters are wrong, some times by a little, sometimes by a lot.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning they were wrong about how quickly a storm would roll in, the storm came in sooner than they predicted.<\/p>\n

I had left my camera at home that had a wide angle lens so I brought out my cell phone and took images with it of the stormy weather over Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Rock Bay campground under the storm clouds<\/span><\/p>\n

More often than not when I am photographing birds you might not get a feel for the island like you can with images like these. How wild the island feels.<\/p>\n

\"AntelopeAntelope Island with a storm rolling in (two images stitched together in Photoshop)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Or how this island in the Great Salt Lake looks under stormy skies.<\/p>\n

\"StormyStormy day on Antelope Island<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Salt Lake is low, very low. That swatch of sandy beach should be under water but the water isn’t reaching the lake from the rivers and rain just won’t fill it back up. In a “normal” February this wouldn’t be rain falling, it would be snow. But it has been too warm to snow in the valley.<\/p>\n

\"ViewView from Frary Peak Trail head as the storm moves south<\/span><\/p>\n

High above the lake the storm moves between the island and the Wasatch Mountains. It is hard to believe that the east facing slopes on the island are already starting to green up. It is only February.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe rain cometh<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually there wasn’t enough light to photograph a bird if<\/em> I had seen one so it was time to head home. I wish I had taken my wide angle lens but these cell phone images will have to do.<\/p>\n

We needed the rain.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Antelope Island State Park photos plus information about the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had left my camera at home that had a wide angle lens so I brought out my cell phone and took images with it of the stormy weather over Antelope Island State Park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,26],"tags":[3246,3981,1163,3245,4005,156,4035,1942,2598,1165,373],"class_list":["post-19882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-utah","tag-bridger-bay","tag-davis-county","tag-frary-peak","tag-fremont-island","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-low-light-2","tag-nature-photography","tag-promontory-point-2","tag-storm-clouds","tag-white-rock-bay","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-storm-mia-mcpherson-1304.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-5aG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15235,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/19\/antelope-island-views-with-cloudy-skies\/","url_meta":{"origin":19882,"position":0},"title":"Antelope Island Views with Cloudy Skies","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I love photographing my subjects but I am also there for the experiences I crave in nature, the quiet, the peace and the grand views.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Clearing clouds over Fremont Island and Promontory Point as seen from Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/promontory-point-freemont-island-mia-mcpherson-3232.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/promontory-point-freemont-island-mia-mcpherson-3232.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/promontory-point-freemont-island-mia-mcpherson-3232.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/promontory-point-freemont-island-mia-mcpherson-3232.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5325,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/12\/stormy-sky-over-antelope-island-state-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":19882,"position":1},"title":"Stormy Sky Over Antelope Island State Park","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On the way to Antelope Island the clouds, beautiful light, silky smooth water and the reflections caught my eye and I knew I had to take a photo of the view I saw before me.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Antelope Island under stormy skies, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-stormy-mia-mcpherson-0897.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-stormy-mia-mcpherson-0897.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-stormy-mia-mcpherson-0897.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-stormy-mia-mcpherson-0897.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24569,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/05\/26\/western-kingbirds-in-all-kinds-of-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":19882,"position":2},"title":"Western Kingbirds in All Kinds of Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"By the third or fourth visit to the area where the Western Kingbirds were located the sun was shining and the light was great. 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