SkyPix

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

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...]

Fall-18 Sunrise Tree Sequence 3

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[Part 3 of 3]  In the final minutes before the beautiful sunrise colors faded, those rippled middle/upper-level cloud waves from the previous shot wafted off to the northeast (left), and more vertically oriented waviness began to appear in the warmly sunlit sky.  In fact, looking carefully at the uppermost right of the view, a vertical curl of a condensed breaking wave appears, probably from … [Read more...]

Never the Same (Part 2)

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[Part 2 of 2]  The same air that was in a supercell 20 minutes ago is now long gone, much of it hurled into the prevailing upper level winds as anvil material, some condensed into rain and hail that pounds the land below.  All the while, the storm pulsates, expands and/or contracts, strengthens and weakens, still dependent on the moisture, temperature, wind speed and wind direction of the … [Read more...]

Never the Same (Part 1)

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[Part 1 of 2]  This is the first of two images (from Provia slide film) of a single southwest Oklahoma supercell about 15 minutes apart.  Here, two wall clouds can be seen: the one at middle rear beneath an older, occluded mesocyclone (that had produced a brief tornado while we were navigating through town, unable to photograph it), the newer one at nearer right, never tornadic, with less … [Read more...]

Moss Glen Falls, Main Cascade

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Midday isn't a bad time to shoot waterfalls, as long as direct sunlight isn't in the view.  That favorable condition is a good bet in autumn, in the forests of northern Vermont, with a low sun angle, and roughly north-facing cascade.  Fortunately there also was no wind, given the abundance of tree growth unavoidable in the view yet useful for framing the scene.  The diffused light allowed longer … [Read more...]

Rock Castles in the Clouds

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Where the mountains reach the clouds, one can find enchanting views!  After the first Colorado rain squall from the remnants of Pacific Hurricane Rosa passed over our location at 11,000 feet, fog at our level and scuddy outflow clouds aloft cleared only gradually, permitting a wonderfully moody scene evolving by the second:  broken views of the high crags and pillars of stone forming the ridge … [Read more...]