SkyPix

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

Sunset from the Stairwell

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One of my last of numerous amazing and beautiful sunset scenes shot from the National Weather Center during 18 years working there full-time, this beauty graced the sky during an evening shift just under three months from retirement.  I knew I would miss the people with whom I worked, and a job I loved.  I wouldn't miss the unhealthy sleep rotations, dealing with bureaucratic stupidity, and … [Read more...]

Sunrise Beach Time

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A mostly sleepless night at the conference hotel, while still trying to adjust my cycle off a set of night shifts, led to later delirium during the conference, but an appreciative opportunity to view an Atlantic Ocean sunrise to start the day.  The cool, autumn morning had few beach walkers and sunrise watchers, so there was no real competition for a view that included strands of scuddy … [Read more...]

Over the Hills

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Over the hills and through the dales, to the supercell we go.  South-central Nebraska's rolling greenery, away from the nearby Platte River Valley, offered a pleasing foreground for this beautiful yet menacing sky.  The storm's obvious outflow dominance signaled that little to no tornadic potential would arise anytime soon.  Regardless, it was more than intense enough to force large sheets of … [Read more...]

Cirrus Fibratus Vertebratus

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Solar eclipse day dawned nicely for the event to come in a bit over six hours.  A nearly clear sky was thinly decorated by a crisscrossing waveform of cirrus not often seen, and even more seldom shot by me:  the vertebratus subspecies of cirrus fibratus.  The name, of course, comes from the resemblance of the smaller waveforms to vertebrae, or more precisely ribs attached thereto.  The old cliche, … [Read more...]

Rusty Sky

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Before losing direct sunlight altogether, a gloriously lit field of post-MCS mammatus clouds in northern Missouri evolved from orange to deep rust-red—a shade I haven't seen often, even in sunset skies.  As the storm complex responsible for this brilliant backside scene progressed southeastward in the twilight, its mammatus field would serve as muse for several photogenic anvil-crawler lightning … [Read more...]

Translucidus without Much Lucidity

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This was a long chase day, having begun in Chadron, NE, with lunch in Rapid City, and a storm complex intercepted from the Wyoming/South Dakota border through the Badlands.  It ended with peace and fulfillment, before a short drive to Chamberlain for the night.   After letting the complex pass over me in the Badlands, I eased east to Murdo to fuel up, then headed south of town a short distance, … [Read more...]