Flying past some weak-shear convection between Oklahoma City and Las Vegas, I didn’t expect anything particularly photogenic. Wrong! This marvelous and admittedly fortuitous compositional juxtaposition came and went quickly. I was amazed by the nearly vertical east walls of the towers, afforded by that weak shear, and the way the nearby Cb frames its complementary tower with low clouds below, ghostly anvil above and clean blue sky beyond, and the light-to-shadow transition occurring in parallel around the near sides of the towers. I always bring my camera aboard flights, and this was one occasion that made me so glad for it.
Over the Texas Panhandle (8 Aug 8) Looking SEAmong the Tall Towers
Flying past some weak-shear convection between Oklahoma City and Las Vegas, I didn’t expect anything particularly photogenic. Wrong! This marvelous and admittedly fortuitous compositional juxtaposition came and went quickly. I was amazed by the nearly vertical east walls of the towers, afforded by that weak shear, and the way the nearby Cb frames its complementary tower with low clouds below, ghostly anvil above and clean blue sky beyond, and the light-to-shadow transition occurring in parallel around the near sides of the towers. I always bring my camera aboard flights, and this was one occasion that made me so glad for it.
Over the Texas Panhandle (8 Aug 8) Looking SE