SkyPix

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

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 needed when … [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...]

Water Beams

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This is one of my very favorite waterfall shots, and it was practically unplanned.  The lofty grandeur of Akaka Falls, which is taller than a 40-story building (442 feet), rightfully commands attention.  Yet with the afternoon sunlight blasting glare into my face just above the top of the east-facing falls, I was playing with other compositional possibilities in the shadows, mainly to pass the … [Read more...]

Hawaiian High

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This view looks like it could come from looking up any temperate continental mountain in the world bearing dark volcanic rocks.  Instead, this is Hawaii's Mauna Kea, looking down toward a ragged stratocumulus deck below, from just a few feet below its 13,802-foot summit.  Even with its position in the tropics, below 20 degrees north latitude, Mauna Kea catches snow on its coldest winter days, as … [Read more...]

Gurley Swirl

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After producing one tornado in Wyoming and very nearly another in the Nebraska Panhandle, this storm settled down somewhat to "just" a menacing convective mass of wind, rain and hail, wrapped within a fascinating sweep of curves and lines in its cloud package.  Many processes were at work here!  The thick, striated bands sweeping outward from the storm formed in layers of laminar, rising flow atop … [Read more...]