SkyPix

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

Lone Star Altocumulus

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A sky well-decorated with altocumulus stratiformis clouds forms a nicely textured backdrop to the Texas state symbol—the lone star—carved out of a limestone wall.  Standing still and observing the cloud motions past the edge of a fixed object, such as the upper wall, also the star in this case, offer an insightful appreciation for the evolving fluid above. 4 WSW Alanreed TX (26 Sep 18) Looking … [Read more...]

Morning Mirroring in Mountains

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Taylor Park Reservoir did a fine job of reflecting a sky nicely textured with cumulus forms: mediocris, humulis and fractocumulus, set above the northern reaches of the Collegiate Range, rendering the entire view into a splendidly symmetric fold.  Although the lake level was lower than normal, thanks to drought and summertime evaporation, plenty of water remained for success of both photography … [Read more...]

Moist Autumn Twilight in the Green Mountains

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Following a day of rain, the stratus decks rose just enough to expose the tops of the Green Mountains to the east and southeast, while scud (fractostratus) brushed the upper hillsides while riding the northerly, post-frontal flow.  Somber, subdued twilight scenes such as this don't bring me down; indeed, I find them simultaneously refreshing and calming to experience, an immersive and multisensory … [Read more...]

Foggy Forest, Smugglers Notch

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Smugglers Notch is a pass through the northern Green Mountains subprovince of the Appalachians, through which illicit trade with Canada was common from the time of the British-American conflicts through early 20th-century Prohibition.  Days like this surely helped to cover such activities, to the extent smugglers were willing to undertake the route in wet, slippery conditions.  Snow was falling at … [Read more...]

Fall-18 Sunrise Tree Sequence 1

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[Part 1 of 3]  The multi-year series of fall and winter sunrises, shot opportunistically from this spot featuring the "Sunrise Tree", continues.  A beautiful dawn unfolded across the eastern sky, and I barely got here in time to experience and photograph it—so glad and thankful to have done so!  This sunrise scene began with still-reddened middle/upper-tropospheric clouds beneath brighter, … [Read more...]

Fall-18 Sunrise Tree Sequence 2

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[Part 2 of 3]  As the wondrous dawn lost its redder hues, but expanded yellows and oranges across a more vertically aligned domain around the Sunrise Tree, I aligned the camera accordingly.  It wasn't until later that I noticed a fortuitous and fortunate aspect of this composition:  the standing waves that formed in the middle/upper-level cloud deck, beyond the top of the tree, give the abstract … [Read more...]