SkyPix

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

The Inspirational Cascade

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Rare and deeply treasured are those moments in life that are both inwardly and outwardly so beautiful and transcendent, that all sense of self, time and worldly distractions effortlessly evaporate into the ether of awestruck wonder.  At that time and from this vantage, Seljalandsfoss swept me so fully into that moment, over and over in continuum, as if I were recursively riding each drop that … [Read more...]

Stuck Astern

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After this supercell produced several tornadoes, including one classic cone, it jumped flanks and leapfrogged southeastward into a road void, the hail core and hook blocking  our only east and southeast options, leaving us on the back side with no safe paths suitable for getting back to the front before dark.  Thus restrained logistically, and satisfied with what we had seen, we simply admired the … [Read more...]

Little Orphan Anvils

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One fine early afternoon near a dryline-outflow intersection, two "Little Orphan Anvils" appeared.  These ice-crystal formations were spit into the sky from a pair of small towering cumuli, each of which glaciated, briefly becoming a tiny single-cell cumulonimbus before dissipating.  Though individual members are usually doomed to die from dry air entrainment, concentrations of such "orphans" and … [Read more...]

Millsap: Early Spinup

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In between a well-structured supercell show and its most long-lived and well-defined tornado, a broad wall cloud under the Millsap supercell developed an area of tight cloud-base rotation that evolved into a persistent funnel cloud.  When scud began coiling off the ground amidst occasional dust puffs, this first tornado of the series was evident. 2 NW Brock TX (15 May 13) Looking WNW 32.7004, … [Read more...]

Reflective Winter Sunrise: Redux

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Nearly a year after shooting my first 2015 sunrise from within a few feet of the same spot, 2016's inaugural gallery entry arrives with a different and equally beautiful form.  This time, I caught the coloration earlier, in a wondrously brilliantly magenta-tinged stage, and as a year ago, made no adjustment whatsoever to the saturation setting!  The gray film on the far side of the pond is thin … [Read more...]