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Midlevel Sunset Tower

2024-08-18 By Roger Edwards

Midlevel Sunset Tower

Viewed from high atop the National Weather Center, the sunset in the west was pretty, as they often are in these parts.  One easily could have gotten fixated on that, and missed this even more brilliant and peculiar formation lighting up the eastern sky!  A ragged midlevel convective tower (altocumulus castellanus) still had enough strength to force some lift through stable layers near its base, creasing the striated effect.  I especially enjoyed the tonal and textural contrast between the flame-orange tower, a muted gray-orange of unrelated anvil cloud above, and background blues with anticrepuscular rays in the distance.

Norman OK (15 Aug 24) Looking ENE
35.1814, -97.44

Filed Under: Mini Cloud Atlas, Sunsets and Sunrises Tagged With: altocumulus castellanus, clouds, convection, landscapes, National Weather Center, Norman, Oklahoma, sunsets, University of Oklahoma, 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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