SkyPix

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

Sandia Vista Sundown

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The second nice Santa Fe sunset in as many days also looked back at the distant Sandias, but with a thoroughly different cloud pattern.  I didn't include this zoom originally in the "Second Santa Fe" sunset set, but as they say in football officiating, decided "upon further review" that this zoomed view was at least a touchdown and well worthy of a place in the SkyPix gallery as well, with its … [Read more...]

Supercell in Chain

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No, this storm wasn't literally shackled in metal.  Instead, it was the second in a series of three "Provo supercells" I saw just south of the Black Hills, and near the tail end of a line of convection that extended nearly to North Dakota.  The series fired along a confluence axis along and north of a dryline, in short order during mid/late afternoon.  I was fishing in the Black Hills, waiting for … [Read more...]

OKC Asperatus

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A wild run of asperatus formations in low to middle levels rippled over the First American Museum and downtown's Devon Tower, ahead of a strong gust front that dragged a ragged arcus cloud across the city.  This weird melange of clouds darkened the skies and the landscape ominously, but fortunately for the populace, only strong but subsevere winds and heavy rain followed. Oklahoma City OK (1 Jun … [Read more...]

More Direct Sunrise Color

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One of the year's most spectacular sunrises happened not in the Great Plains, but surprisingly, along the Maine coast.  This was a protracted event too, much to the delight of all eyewitnesses.  The pre-sunrise indirect colors hinted at the direct red brilliance to come; then it went orange and offered this.  Small, dot-like cloud elements at upper left are just the sunlit lower tips of … [Read more...]

Lower Tangent Arc

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We were packing the car and fixing to leave Cadillac Mountain, in Acadia National Park, where we had spent a few morning hours overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Maine coastline.  I happened to look up to see a vivid lower tangent arc quickly appearing below the sun, grabbed the camera, and did a boulder dash back up past the summit for this shot.  This tangent arc had shallow curvature because … [Read more...]

Third Thunderous Thrust at the Truck Stop

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Traffic on I-35 raced this way and that under the bridge at lower right, heading to and from a high-based thunderstorm that spit out several delightfully loud and photogenic CGs, also including these.   It was a nice way to finish a long day's chase, after driving three hours north to see a small tornado in southern Kansas, and then observing at close range a separate, arguably tornadic supercell … [Read more...]