SkyPix

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

Big Bennington

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At its closest approach to us--right about here--the slow-moving Bennington tornado was clearly audible, emitting a blend of waterfall-like whooshing and a low-frequency roar heard clearly through wrapping rain.  The condensed part of the tornado also assumed its widest "wedge" appearance.  At lower left, a few geese join a bigger flock of humans behind the camera in admiring the big vortex … [Read more...]

Skogafoss Spray

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Skogafoss is known as a spray factory--a high-volume, 200-foot waterfall plunging off relict sea cliffs onto a flat bar of rocks and gravel, before what's left of its stream heads 3 miles across the coastal plain to the Atlantic Ocean.  On a cloudy, breezy, high-humidity day, the continual mist factory pumps out a noticeable contribution to the atmospheric moisture.  Overcast days are good for … [Read more...]

New Mexico Turquoise

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By this time--about four hours into its lifespan--a long-lasting, heavy-precipitation supercell often wears an expansive kilt of rising scud surrounding a deep, dark core.  This splendid specimen was no exception.  Where this storm was exceptional was in its spectacular high-based presence over the scrubby shortgrass plains and red soil of southeastern New Mexico, and especially, the deep, … [Read more...]

Twilight Surf and Ice

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A short time-exposure of gentle waves washing over ice and black rocks, on a black-sand seashore, in the twilight...an ethereal moment in time is recorded for all time, when no one else was there to witness. With daylight nearly gone, it was just the cold surf, the volcanic beach, and an appreciative observer and photographer clad in hip waders. 7 SW Reynivellir, Iceland (18 Aug 14) Looking … [Read more...]

Drive Train, No Truck

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Though not overtly spectacular, this may be the most impressive damage scene for me. In an open field, far removed from any other automotive debris, the Andover, KS tornado of 26 April 1991 deposited a drive train, axle and wheels, with a tire stripped off one rim. That tornado disemboweled some vehicle's innards, tore them free and tossed them away, as a fisherman would gut his catch! Whither the … [Read more...]

Colorado Crackle

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The trailing portion of a band of high-based thunderstorms slowly became more photogenic as it swept eastward across the Colorado plains, and its outflow constructed a shallow arcus cloud. Then, as so often happens on the edge of a core, including earlier with the same convective cluster, a cloud-to-ground stroke split the sky and sent waves of thunder booming across the High Plains. 2 S Woodrow … [Read more...]