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Bands of Bright and Dark

2018-12-16 By Roger Edwards

Given enough time and perhaps changed viewing angles, even the same sunset experience can yield dramatically different (while still dramatic-looking) scenery.  This long-focal-length view captured a part of the same late-stage sunset sky slightly to the right of its representation from a minute or two before, but could be passed off plausibly as a different day’s sight altogether.  Except for the very gaudiest off-horizon sunset fields with a relative lack of far clouds, the sky near the horizon will yield the reddest sunset or sunrise coloration, thanks to the properties of differential atmospheric scattering.  If you want a naturally high-saturation sunset sky with some uncommonly photographed cloud-texturing effects, zoom deeply.

Norman OK (15 Dec 18) Looking SW
35.1936, -97.3729



Filed Under: Sunsets and Sunrises Tagged With: cirrus, clouds, deep zoom, Oklahoma, sunsets, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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