SkyPix

A digital photographic storybook of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards.

Scotts Bluff Drainage Vista

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This time, we had to hike up Scotts Bluff because the road was closed for repairs.  That's OK, because it was an off day from chasing, so we (a tour group I was leading) had plenty of time in the area before spending the high in Alliance.  Only a few of us made the steep trek, while others picnicked and/or relaxed at the bottom.  This view was well worthwhile, as it is when driving and strolling … [Read more...]

Wintertime Drainage Pattern

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Piceance Creek and its tributaries have carved a set of nearly parallel canyons, rugged yet intricate in form, across the northeastern Colorado Plateau of northwestern Colorado, southwest of Meeker.   Snowfall in the areas between the scrubby forests made even the smallest drainages pop with contrast on what had to be a frigid winter day "down there," as seen from the comfort of "up there."  … [Read more...]

Limpid Blue Pool

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Cool, crystal-clear, pellucid waters like this aren't expected deep in a tropical jungle, but there we were, beholding this spring-fed spectacle clean enough for swimming.  This pond was too small and littered with logs for that, but a larger, nearby one known as Emerald Pool is a popular place for locals and tourists alike to take a refreshing dip.  8 E Wat Khlong, Thailand (31 Jan 25) Looking … [Read more...]

Supercellular Balancing Act

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A formerly robust, somewhat high-based supercell started undercutting its own updraft with outflow, as such storms often do, to their permanent detriment.  The former wall-cloud area at lower middle-right had become more of a shelf cloud, with likely just a narrow ribbon of surface-based inflow air still ingested into the updraft rearward of the visible shelf.  Still, somehow, the storm fought … [Read more...]

Oklahoma Supercell and Tornado

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For every devoted severe-weather enthusiast, a whole-supercell tornadic scene like this is the stuff of dreams, the pinnacle of appreciative storm observing, and the reason for the thousands of miles traveled before ever beholding such a grand spectacle.  Little did I know I would get another one the very next month and two states to the north.  Clean, wide-angle, structure-plus-tornado views like … [Read more...]

Wellfleet Wide

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Through a translucent portion of this stout supercell's main precipitation area, a substantial stovepipe tornado continued to churn up the southwestern Nebraska landscape.  This wide view includes the inflow tail at left,and downshear tail cloud at right, which curved along the inner rim of the same forward-flank core that bent southeastward and just overhead.  Despite the seeming robustness of … [Read more...]