SkyPix

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

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...]

Stratocumulus Clouds and Sun Beads

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Deeply zooming in to the farthest areas near the horizon restricts the view of a sunset to the sector of sky with the very warmest tones, here lining and silhouetting an armada of cumulus and stratocumulus clouds.  Cloud analogs to Baily's beads carved up the apparent sun into chunks, further accentuating the otherworldly aura of the scene.  Meanwhile, vertical bars of cloud material just above … [Read more...]