SkyPix

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

Split Rock Tree Puddle

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Numerous little pools from the day's earlier showers covered low and broken areas in the igneous bedrock beach at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, alongside Lake Superior.  Out of all those puddles, I was fortunate to notice a special visual effect with this one:  a reflection of a sunlit tree, centering itself with uncanny symmetry on an aqueous chevron. 6 SW Beaver Bay MN (11 Jul 7) Looking … [Read more...]

Fractocumulus from Above

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The deep troposphere behind a convective complex often can be a richly layered melange of clouds.  This was no exception.  A broad area of outflow covered central and eastern Oklahoma from overnight thunderstorm clusters, scud (fractocumulus) in the rain-cooled boundary layer wafted across the area from the southeast, while streamers of altocumulus and a deck of anvil-residue cirrostratus layered … [Read more...]

Sunrise Brush Strokes

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Just above the horizon, blazing streaks of color striped the sky on layered strands of cirrus, as if swept across a fluid canvas on brilliant brush strokes.  Zooming deeply into the farthest reaches of this amazing display brought out reds of a depth and intensity seldom seen, except through binoculars.  Not even the slightest "saturation" adjustment was performed on this image—none … [Read more...]

Puuhonua o Honaunau Sunset: The Palms

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The tropical sunset:  it is an idyllic scene of tranquility and warmth, calm and soothing, the object of longing by a large segment of humanity in the temperate latitudes!  I'll attest that such times and places are every bit as good for mind and soul as advertised.  Three different perspectives on the same sunset, in essence, rolled three sunset experiences into one:  an earlier display of … [Read more...]

Sunset Reflectives: Pool on Lava

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Golden-lit high cirrus clouds, skeletal attempts at asperatus clouds in middle levels, and tide pools on lava ledges combined for a marvelous sunset scene unique even for Hawaii.  A deep zoom of the same sunset sky, just a few minutes earlier, offered a drastically different view! 2 WNW Keokea HI (26 Dec 17) Looking WSW 19.4179, -155.9124 … [Read more...]