SkyPix

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

New Year’s Dawn in Snow

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Accumulating snows don't happen every winter in these parts, so even after all this time, it's still a novel notion for this man born of lower latitudes to explore them, my aversion to the cold temporarily set aside.  The very wet, heavy snowfall adhered not only to the ground, but to the windward (north) sides of trees and buildings like this.  The scene after a night shift  reminded me of … [Read more...]

Little Contrail

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Not all nice sunsets require layers of textured high clouds lit dazzlingly from beneath.  This was one of my favorites for its clean, balanced simplicity, punctuated by that fleeting moment when the plane passed directly astern of the setting sun.  The slightly dusty post-dryline air subtly diffused colors in ways not often seen in these parts.  As a bonus, I was treated to well-lit thunderheads … [Read more...]

Crown of Glow

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This was an evening full of pleasant visual surprises, capped (no pun intended) by this last magical touch of sunset glow atop towering cumulus. I have always loved the contrast in hue between the warm pastels of the last rays of the sun, the dimming blues of the background sky, and the muted grays in convective towers beneath. A series of these towers extended southwestward along a dryline from a … [Read more...]

Side Cascade, Gljufurarfoss

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Gljúfurárfoss tumbles off the same cliffside as the better-known Seljalandsfoss, and a few hundred yards away.  This isn’t even its main falls, which tumble into a hidden rock chute and slot canyon, but a wondrous little side discharge framed by lush vegetation and adding to the overall spillage.  Iceland contains countless many such watery marvels! 1 N Seljaland, Iceland (16 Aug 14) Looking … [Read more...]

Pileus Capping Overshoot

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This distant but splendid specimen of double-layered pileus formed atop an explosively convective, overshooting flanking tower for a heavy-precipitation (HP) supercell in northeastern Oklahoma.  Behind the big tower, and above the anvil, we can see a small segment of another overshooting top.  Knuckle clouds roll under the anvil on both sides of the big tower.  This whole scene just before sunset … [Read more...]

The North Faces

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Woods of the Western Crosstimbers stood in a forlorn and shadowy beauty, in the final flurries of a New Years Day snow dump.  Riding a north wind, some of the very wet, sticky snow accumulated on the sides of the trees, as well as atop and beneath.  At the bottom of the snow lay a soaked layer that dripped when shoveled, while even the top parts oozed water when squeezed—testament to both ground … [Read more...]