Thor, the mighty Norse god of thunder, must have made it to the American Southwest because it seems he left his hammer here.  That would be the same hammer he uses to create thunder.  This marvelous hoodoo is one of the most outstanding ones in Bryce Canyon National Park.  And the winter storm that rolled through during the night gave it an appropriate backdrop of angry clouds.

So on this cold morning I hiked down the Sunset Point trail to get a better angle on Mr. Thor's Hammer.  And what I got was more than just a great photograph.  Not 20 minutes before the morning sun came out and cast its warm glow, sleet was falling on us.  And if that wasn't enough, the sleet was punctuated with a mighty crash of thunder.  How perfect.