Hail fog forms when the air just above it experiences direct ("sensible") cooling, as the ice brings already high-humidity air near the surface to saturation, condensing the moisture into fog. Between the melting hail and the temporary flooding from heavy-rain runoff, these thirsty trees took a welcomed water break from the antecedent severe drought afflicting the area. Mosquero, NM (6 Jun 14) … [Read more...]
DFW Airport Fog
Sometimes serene and beautiful, fog takes on a sinister side when it comes to aviation, leading to economic losses on a daily basis somewhere around the world, and on occasion, casualties from related plane crashes. More commonly, on flight dockets already strained to the limits by over-scheduling, even brief fog episodes at major airports can hurl substantial portions of the national commercial … [Read more...]
Floral Flow
Waters from the rapidly rising Skunk River rose into the bottom of an overhanging elderberry bush, the swift current flowing through the blooms, a symbolic juxtaposition of renewal and destruction in the springtime. Story City IA (8 Jun 8) Looking NE 42.1877, -93.5849 … [Read more...]
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Sail Away
Seemingly alone on the vast ocean, a solo sailboat rode the gentle marine breezes into the twilight sky off the coast of southwest Florida. A rather hazy sky muted and diffused the warm tones of long-path refraction in the near-horizon atmospheric layers, softening the scene and accentuating its serenity. Sanibel FL (30 Dec 8) Looking WSW 26.4498, -82.1426 … [Read more...]
3 Peaks
The half orb of the setting sun silhouettes Mt. Evans and two adjoining Colorado peaks, striking a once-per-year pose of symmetric balance relative to this vantage on some of the highest of the High Plains, at "Cedar Point". 7 SSE Agate CO (10 Jul 4) Looking WNW 39.3524, -103.8697 … [Read more...]
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