SkyPix

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

Ice Damage at the National Weather Center

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Decorative adornments that curve around the outer roof line of the National Weather Center became coated with ice during a freezing-rain event.  Lubricated by meltwater during ensuing days, the ice slid off and tumbled six stories, busting this safety glass above the first-floor entryway.  Fortunately this windowpane was under the icefall and not someone's living skull. Norman OK (1 Feb 10) … [Read more...]

Icicle Blues

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Icicles, dangling in an unstable way from a roof's edge, give the somewhat justified impression of danger overhead as they deposit a drop at a time of meltwater below.  The 1-1/2–2-foot pieces at middle left and middle right could punch a painful hole in one's noggin should they pop loose at just the wrong time. Norman OK (24 Dec 13) Looking NE 35.214, -97.376 … [Read more...]

Hydrothermal Abstraction

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Fluidly evolving, never the same from one second or month to the next, the hydrothermal springs of Yellowstone offer an incalculable variety of looks in different light and over time, even as the geology itself adjusts on time scales more similar to atmospheric than terrestrial.  Mineral deposition by cooling and depressurized water sculpts ledges week by week, and moves algal and bacterial … [Read more...]

Rainier Reflections

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Another tranquil, serene moment of marvel and gratitude unfolded as our mornings of dawn-hour photography continued on the alpine lakes east of Mount Rainier.  One could set up on these little lakes every morning of the year when the big mountain is visible, year after year, and come away with a unique scene or compositional interpretation.  For us, it was more than shooting photos, but a blessing … [Read more...]

Back to Fisherman’s Point

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For the second time in two days, a variety of cloud formations angled themselves across the sky at just the right time to catch a brilliant sheet of central Oklahoma sunset light.  Wispy, wavy flags of virga descended gracefully across the west, while in the southwest, a deeply dimensional array of bluesy altocumulus clouds dipped feet into the warmest glow.  Fascinating smaller details lie in … [Read more...]