SkyPix

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

Belton Blow

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A most unusual June storm-observing day took us not across the High Plains, but:  from lunch in Dallas, to weirdly colored and outflow dominant supercells southeast of Corsicana, westward by a former supercell that was shooting its outflow pool forth near Mexia, to this scenic and recently outflow-dominant supercell transition over Belton, then finally, right past the spot off I-14 where I shot an … [Read more...]

Gaillardias of Outflow

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Finally, as we enter the thirtieth year of SkyPix as a web presence, we have Gaillardias of Outflow in the Gallery of Outflow!  No, I haven't been saving this line for that long, just in case, but the connection doesn't escape me upon making the entry.  A sub-sandwich-shaped shelf cloud, after it moved over, changed the ambient light enough to set this scene across the street.  "Firewheel" … [Read more...]

’24 at the Tree Part 2b

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[Part 2.5 of 2.5] Here, I zoomed in and focused just on the aqueous reflective part of the Part 2a composition, with the rippled crags and snags of the Sunrise Tree and a golden-lit contrail high above playing gently rippled light and shadow off the pond surface.  The uncertainly anticipated stage offered yet another unique sunrise scene here...two in one!  [Back to part 1]  Norman OK (7 Feb 24) … [Read more...]

’24 at the Tree Part 2a

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[Part 2 of 2.5] With faraway cloudiness blocking the sun from shining on these high clouds and contrail for a long intermission of several minutes, I was concerned the sunrise action was short (if sweet), as in the first stage, and that was all she wrote.  Yet, patience pays!  Fortunately the farther, unseen deck moved quickly as well, allowing late-stage oranges on the cirrus plume, and bright … [Read more...]

’24 at the Tree Part 1

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[Part 1 of 2.5] Sunrises here at the tree have been few this winter, thanks to a combination of lack of decent clouds, being asleep, or being at work.  However, on this day we got two distinct sunrises in one event, thanks to an intervening stage where distant clouds blocked the light.  Right before that, early dawn reds and pinks graced a fast-moving cirrus deck, while reflected from tranquil … [Read more...]

Panhandle Sunset Supercell

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Without any obstructions to block a piece of the view, the southern Texas Panhandle's Llano Estacado offers sky views like few other places.  That's especially amazing when a splitting supercell rides off into the eastern sky at sunset, each member bearing a hail shaft while the updrafts and backsheared mammatus above bask in the warm light of the last rays.  Meanwhile, the indirect glow reflected … [Read more...]