Despite the lack of road options in the area, some of my favorite supercells on the Great Plains are those that roll off the Laramie Range in June upslope events and churn across southeastern Wyoming. Whether for tornadoes, structure, hail, great sunsets or any and all of the above, they seldom fail to impress and inspire wonder. This ill-tempered bull of a storm was no exception. It drifted … [Read more...]
Keyhole Char
Just a few steps from the "Recovery Log", the badly charred skeleton of a tree trunk still stood—perhaps the victim of a more recent conflagration. The window through its charcoal jacket looks to the less-burnt but still mortally wounded trees beyond, and the young, green growth that truly springs up from the ashes. Yellowstone National Park WY (14 Sep 13) Looking SE 44.5039, … [Read more...]
Hettinger Hailer
As it receded away from us, a multicell cumulonimbus became brilliantly sunlit, from the mammatus-festooned and backsheared anvil down to flanking towers and the hail-laden precipitation cores. The storm had dumped copious volumes of small hail along its path near Hettinger, but none too damaging. Small amounts of drifted hail still can be seen in the plow rows of the foreground field. The … [Read more...]
Yst i-Rjukandi, Icelandic Highlands
A short hike through some open stiles and up a hill led us to this oasis of beauty and serenity, tumbling in stages off a basalt plateau on Iceland's eastern highlands. This is a waterfall much like its name, not very long but intricately structured. Fortunately one does not have to pronounce "Yst i-Rjukandi" correctly to witness the marvel! Nearly on the opposite end of the island from … [Read more...]
Sinter Slaying
The culprit in this arboreal murder mystery is rather obvious: hot, mineralized water, depositing sinter in layers upon the ground around the tree, smothering its roots. The result was the demise of the tree, but a starkly beautiful scene in a land of continual, fluid change and geologic instability. Yellowstone National Park, WY (20 Sep 13) Looking NNE 44.5509, -110.8062 … [Read more...]
Subtropical Sundown, Bonita Beach
The ocean was so calm for this pastoral sunset that I could wade right out, set up the tripod in a couple feet of water, and start shooting. Worry not: from ice to falls down cliffs to volcanic sand and sulfurous steam, the tripod has endured far worse traumas than a little salt water! The sunset would deepen its hues on the horizon, prompting a lens switch to super-zoom and still more grateful … [Read more...]
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