At age six, looking at a map of future solar totalities in the World Book Encyclopedia, I had the High Plains part of the path in the crosshairs. Elke and I each have been waiting our whole lives for this, decades since childhood, so it's fitting that we did it together. After a lifetime, we finally witnessed one of the most intensely spiritual and moving natural phenomena to be found. Thank … [Read more...]
Eyjafjallajökull: Landscape, Waterscape, Icescape
Eyjafjallajökull—nearly unpronounceable but palpably dangerous—offered stark and wondrous beauty just four years after its infamous eruption, peacefully capped in glaciers and draining waterfalls across its rolling green skirt, as if no such geologic tantrum had been thrown. Still, one can see evidence of the pyroclastic paroxysm in the ash-strewn "dirty" appearance of the fractured glacial ice … [Read more...]
Big Spray
Scampering up a steep, slick trail, then over to a notch in the high cliffs, yielded a view of the beautiful, majestic Skógafoss that seldom appears in tourist shots: framed by plants and moss-covered crags. One of Iceland's largest waterfalls at roughly 200 (tall) by 50 feet (wide), this pounding pile of water is notorious for the tremendous volume of spray it yields. This day was no … [Read more...]
Wellington Wanderer
Despite bouts of furious rotation, the mesocyclone of the spectacular Wellington supercell only could condense brief funnels and a couple of small but unmistakable tornadoes during its journey across the eastern Panhandle. This little but lively tornado, seen here from several miles away with aid of a 400-mm zoom lens, buzzed around the broader circulation as part of a merry-go-round of otherwise … [Read more...]
Icelandic Cascade Close-up
Some scenes becomes so mesmerizing, melodious to multiple senses, that shooting a photo becomes an afterthought amidst the appreciative immersion. Fortunately, this portion of a famous western Icelandic waterfall wasn't going anywhere, and a thought to compose the scene eventually sprouted from the intoxicating fog of wonderment. Kirkjufellsfoss is widely renowned as one of the world's most … [Read more...]
Brakin under Altocumuli
Thousands of miles away and three years before, I had photographed a similar altocumulus mix over the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. Proving that the physics of the atmosphere don't care about national borders, a fine blend of translucidus, floccus, and castellanus formed in the sky over this monument at Borgarnes, Iceland. Known as Brakin, the sculpture is a tribute to Thorgerdur Brak, the … [Read more...]
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