SkyPix

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

Transported-Sign Source

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[Part 2 of 3]  By itself, this is nothing unusual at all for a tornado:  a gas-station sign blown out of its mount and deposited "Who knows where?" This time, however, I already knew where:  my yard, where a piece from the upper middle had landed.  The only unknown was whether it was the part of the sign facing this way, or the other; each side was identical.  The fact the pump overhand remained … [Read more...]

Instantly Identified Tornado Transport

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[Part 1 of 3]  The morning after the 26 February east Norman tornado, whose northwest (weak) side crossed our property, I found this sign piece with an unmistakable origin:  a Sinclair gas station up the path a couple miles from our place.   The source was obvious immediately, with the top portions of the "l" and "a" visible.  It had been dislodged, broken, swirled around the vortex an unknown … [Read more...]

Striped Sunset Sky

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On one fine February morning, we had a dazzling sunrise, remembered for a long time by all who witnessed it.  Then we were double-blessed with this dramatically different, yet still beautiful sunset the very same day.  Bands of cirrus arose in the uplift side of transverse waves, nicely illuminated in orange, shadowed in blue. Norman OK (18 Feb 23) Looking SW … [Read more...]

Inside Frosty Window

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A still, humid, subfreezing morning is ideal for frost on outdoor surfaces, including windows.  In this case, the subject is a vehicle window, looking from the inside out, with the recently risen sun off to the right (ESE).  Thousands of sparkles of color reflected off ice-crystal faces in only about a square foot of space, creasing a twinkling kaleidoscope with every minor head movement. Norman … [Read more...]

Silver Cascade

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Silver Cascade takes a small creek off Mt. Jackson, along a ridge extending southwest from the heights of Mt. Washington.  This is the foot of the most substantial of a 600-foot-high series of falls known as...(imagine this)...Silver Cascades.  Some of its water will flow into the Atlantic via the Saco River, and ultimately end up as rainfall over both the Eastern Seaboard and Europe.  Where have … [Read more...]

Smoky Hill Trail at Sunset

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A fun little storm day seemingly ended with sunset-illuminated, fuzzy cloud debris left over and beyond the roadside Smoky Hill Trail commemorative marker, while the other side of the sunset made a rewarding High Plains scene unto itself.  Gold-rush prospectors blazed this trail west out of Atchison to Denver from 1855 to 1870, following mainly the Smoky Hill River from eastern Kansas into eastern … [Read more...]