SkyPix

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

Sunrise Swath Overhead

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The last sunrise of January 2016 was a treat, both from the opposite side of the sky and from this one.  Rotating forward from a set of overnight shifts, I was unusually awake and available to view, appreciate and photograph this masterpiece of the sky's ethereal fluid canvas.  The richly textured belt of cirrus soon translated in front of the half moon, yielding a marvelous zoomed perspective … [Read more...]

Last Sunrise, January 2016

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Sometimes the most inspiring and beautiful sunrises and sunsets don't take place in the direction of the sun.  At the time of peak color and texture, a broken belt of high clouds extended from northeast to overhead to southwest, in effect offering multiple sunrise scenes in one.  For someone who is not often awake and outdoors at sunrise, that is a bonus and a blessing.  The next view in this … [Read more...]

Serenity on Keweenaw Bay

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As the sun set beyond the Keweenaw Peninsula, the innermost corner of Keweenaw Bay reflected its golden glow, in turn silhouetting a lone heron.  The big bird strolled back and forth through the shallow flats in search of a morsel, while we relaxed in the waning light of another fine summer day at Lake Superior. L'Anse MI (20 Jul 7) Looking NW 46.7586, -88.4578 … [Read more...]

Swimming Autumn Leaves

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Quiet, clear pool waters of a small, shady stream held these recently submerged leaves in the same photogenic position as I found them.  Being nestled in a narrow, damp canyon, protected from wind by the gorge's steep-walled depth and the overlying dense forest, here they probably stayed until the next rains washed them to the Wabash.  Yet few people ventured into this branch of the canyon, and … [Read more...]

Hot Plume Backsheared

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As the "Noble" fire grew and blew across ever-larger areas of southeastern rural Norman, the upper reaches its pyroconvective plume supported persistent growths of deep cloud towers.  Wildfire plumes can generate one of the two most common kinds of flammagenitus clouds, the other being from eruptive volcanoes.  At times, the entire fluid body of smoke and condensation looked like a miniature … [Read more...]