This image is made up of four simple layers – the dark shadow created by clouds blocking the sun that runs across the bottom and up the right hand side of the image, the reddish orange hills in the center of the frame, the snow covered side of a mountain in the background, and the huge cloud that hangs across the top of the image. The colorful hills make up the transitional layer here. They emerge from the shadows at the bottom and contrast to the snowy landscape just behind them. The cloud at the top offers a distant echo of these hills because it reflects a tinge of sunlight. There are also five tiny geese within that cloud, adding a touch of scale incongruity to the image.