SkyPix

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

Frozen Wonder

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Strange shapes sparkle on a sunny winter's day:  four regularly spaced drip points down the stick from the main path for water running off a tree during an ice storm.  The direction of the main icicle slowly changed as the limb got heaver and heavier, leaning down with progressive coats of ice, rendering a sickle-shaped effect. Norman OK (24 Dec 13) Looking N … [Read more...]

Black Sand and Surf of Dyrholaey

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Sharp contrast marks the surf line of the sub-Arctic North Atlantic against the black volcanic sands of southern Iceland's beaches.  A wide view of the Dyrholaey coast shows the context of this amazing, starkly beautiful beach as a product of volcanic debris deposited by huge, eruption-triggered glacial floods. 3 WSW Vik, Iceland (16 Aug 14) Looking WNW 63.4032, -19.1318 … [Read more...]

Second Alma Nocturnal

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This amazing night's second gorgeous storm rolled past us to the NW and N at about 1 a.m., on a very similar track to the first one.  What are the odds of two stunning, electrically profuse supercells moving past one place within a couple hours bracketing midnight?  Having observed and predicted such storms for about a quarter-century at the time, I neither had seen nor heard of anything quite … [Read more...]

One Winter’s Twilight

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As darkness began to fall across the silent, still, frigid Oklahoma landscape, I started to turn in for the evening, finished with a long and rich day of shooting winter-storm scenes, including icy grass blades at this location.   Then this offbeat marvel presented itself beneath the top rail of a farm gate.   Shivering and miserable, I didn't fully appreciate the eerie scene until thawing and … [Read more...]

Wind Farm Tornado: Another Direct Hit

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After one of two main vortices shed and shrunk off to the right, the tornado's main condensation cone swirled directly across another turbine, once again leaving no readily apparent damage behind.  Mercifully, the atmosphere's abuse of the wind farm would end within another couple of minutes.  After this shot, a precipitation-laden surge of the rear-flank downdraft began to plow into the tornado … [Read more...]