SkyPix

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

Campo Chromatic

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Just north of the Oklahoma/Colorado border, a supercell blew up shortly before sunset, putting on a spectacular show for all who stationed themselves to its west.  This is the broader view, a minute or two later, of a previously posted zoom revealing the excellent and vibrantly colored pileated-tower action on the storm's rear flank.  For a chase day with little hope and little convection before … [Read more...]

Spooky Transitional Supercell

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For a brief time, probably less than 15 minutes, a previously somewhat elevated supercell became surface-based between Shelbyville and Shelbina in Shelby County, MO.  [This Shelby character must have made quite an impression back in the day!]  However, strong rear-flank outflow surged out south of the older mesocyclone, which was weakening at this time and represented by the shallow, shabby wall … [Read more...]

Spiked Condensation Cone

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This fat-cone-with-spike shape probably was the cleanest presentation of the 2024 "Union City" nighttime tornado, from my perspective south of town and on the north-facing southern slope to the Canadian River Valley.  Having stairstepped down to this spot from the northwest, in front of the long-lived, complex supercell, I chose this location specifically for the safe vantage it would have toward … [Read more...]

Lower Marymere Falls

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On the way to bottle-shaped (upper) Marymere Falls, in the northern Olympic Mountains, this smaller waterfall nonetheless expressed its delicate beauty in tumbling between a fallen rain-forest log and a boulder.   Lush growth of ferns occurs under tall conifers that shade the stream almost constantly, year-round.  The shadows make waterfall photography straightforward by forcing longer exposure … [Read more...]

North City Supercell, Twilight

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Soon to be absorbed into a building line of thunderstorms on either side, an autumnal, twilight supercell made a showy grand finale while passing just north of the northwest fringe of Oklahoma City.  Just a decade ago, this area was entirely rural.  The storm-damage cost to the nation as a whole is increasing rapidly as development expands into areas previously traversed by severe weather like … [Read more...]

Sunrise off Virginia Beach

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Curses to blessings:  a night of very shallow, choppy sleep at a conference, just a few days after a truncated set of overnight shifts, turned into an unexpected opportunity to experience and photograph a sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean.  "I can't sleep, and have to get up soon anyway, so...what the hell!"  A mighty fine sunrise it was indeed, with a gentle surf washing at my feet and seabirds … [Read more...]