A richly variegated spray of scuddy altocumulus undulatus clouds in midlevels added delightfully rich, silhouetting texture to an autumnal Oklahoma sunset, backed by yellow-orange cirrus. If we must endure drought conditions, at least brilliantly illuminated sky paintings such as this offer some measure of consolation. This was a weird and sad year worldwide, with a pandemic and a host of other … [Read more...]
Sunset Road, New Mexico
The conclusion of another eastern New Mexico chase day, this time south of Tucumcari, led us again down a road we had used before for sunset photography. This time, the best views were first east, as here with a well-lit landscape under soft, smoky-orange mammatus and anvil cirrus, then west-northwest. As the sun angle lowered, the opposite side of the sky lit up with fantastic depth and … [Read more...]
Snow at Cataract Falls Covered Bridge
What's more archetypically Midwestern in wintertime than a covered bridge with the snow falling? A quickly passing, briefly heavy snow burst from a northwest-flow "clipper" system, with surface temperatures barely below freezing and almost no wind, didn't feel nearly as cold nor uncomfortable as it may seem. In fact, shortly after this, and while bundled up warmly, I retreated to the inside of … [Read more...]
Rainy Badlands Sunrise
The first rays of the day not only cast an orange glow through many miles of light rain, but differentially illuminated the deeply incised landscape of the South Dakota Badlands, accentuating its rich and rugged texture. One sleepy-eyed storm observer and car camper was grateful to be in this place and time. 7 S Wall SD (5 Jun 20) Looking ESE 43.8899, -102.2264 … [Read more...]
Light and Shadow: Badlands Fractus
Following a deliciously orange, rainy sunrise, early-morning sunshine spread across a beautiful Badlands foreground, while fractocumulus tufts drifted in and out of shadows from unseen clouds behind. Still damp to saturated from heavy rains the evening before, colorful bands in the mixed-source sedimentary formations emboldened their tones even more in the early sunshine. This scene was magical … [Read more...]
The Abandoned Blues
Upward creep of water tables in the eastern Sandhills of Nebraska finally overtook this farmstead, creating a shallow lake in what had been mostly dry lowlands, and leaving both old (foreground) and newer (background) houses to flood, inundated and abandoned. Well-protected from hail, the houses instead will succumb to wet rot. Between the blue sky, blue metal roofs, and blue-reflecting waters, … [Read more...]
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