SkyPix

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

From One Storm to Another

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A rare August day with mid-to-upper-level winds strong enough to support supercells and organized multicells greeted me in northeastern New Mexico, conveniently on the way home from a mostly dry "monsoon chase" trip to the Desert Southwest.  What an interesting sky awaited near the Abbott crossroads!  The sunlit pile of high-based storms in the distance formed on the eastern rim of the Raton Mesa … [Read more...]

Barn Ice

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Snowmelt made icicles along the roof's edge of a classical red barn.  The decided rightward tilt of the icicles had nothing to do with Oklahoma politics; instead it was a result of a steady northeasterly breeze deflecting westward across the north side of this building as the aqueous stalactites grew. Norman OK (31 Jan 10) Looking S 35.2325, -97.388 … [Read more...]

Sparkling Twilight Supercell

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As the fourth of at least five Colorado supercells to march roughly up I-76 on this amazing storm-observing evening, this may have been the most gloriously gaudy of the series.  During the photographically enchanting "blue hour" of twilight, the highly electrified Colorado storm surfed an outflow path left by its predecessors storm, flashing its own tones across the land and sky.  The … [Read more...]

Golden Hour at Grand River Grassland

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Rolling shortgrass prairie carpeting the northern High Plains is illuminated in a golden hue that naturally deepens the visual color saturation, behind a cluster of thunderstorms that deepens the illumination contrast of the scene.  This was a "golden hour" not only for photographic light, but for experiential immersion in the gentle majesty of the western Dakota grasslands.  Rain-cooled air … [Read more...]

Falls and Breakers

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Kaluahine Falls tumbles a small, intermittent creek delicately down the face of a big cliff on the Big Island, before abruptly meeting the mighty Pacific.  This is a wild and tumultuous place!  The booms of these breakers across the brown basalt headlands could be heard clearly half a mile away, eroding the north side of the island more slowly then the south side is being built by Kilauea lava … [Read more...]

Texas Tree Trunks

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A corridor of warm rays from the setting sun spotlit cypress trunks near the Pedernales River, in Lyndon B. Johnson State Park.  This unanticipated, warmly lit and most-welcomed moment was part of a relaxing end to an active day of hiking, driving, photography and good food in the Hill Country. 2 E Stonewall TX (31 Mar 7) Looking E 30.2392, -98.6317 … [Read more...]