SkyPix

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

Sunset Scene South of San Angelo

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Crisply textured in the clean, cool outflow air, a row of cumulus congestus towers built up into the transitional golden-orange sunset light.  With clouds in the near west (behind), the sky was spotlit in its most brilliant place and way, satisfyingly ending a long chase day that otherwise didn't yield much.   2 N Christoval TX (12 May 24) Looking ESE 31.2233, -100.4891 … [Read more...]

Sunset in the Land of Enchantment

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A big, bright sunset show drifted across the sky as the reddening rays illuminated old anvil material long separated from any causative updraft.   Such was the picturesque denouement to a storm that fell apart after it had moved of the Caprock, following much hail on Mosquero and nice mesocyclonic cloud features near Solano.  We proceeded on into Tucumcari for the night after a satisfying chase … [Read more...]

Early Roswell Supercell

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Well on its way to such status, the supercell that became the "Roswell Mothership" already showed marvelous structure here.  A midlevel "Ring of Saturn" formation had become attached to the updraft as a skirt of sorts, sandwiched like components of a burger by a large and organizing updraft base below, and a thick anvil with deep knuckles of inverted convection above.  Indeed, it made a juicy … [Read more...]

Sunset Mosaic

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Yet another fabulous wintertime sunset overswept the clean, dry, post-frontal sky over central Oklahoma.   Richly textured and varying in tone, I appreciated this burst of bright color, which only lasted a minute or two before rapid fading from front to rear, but deeply accentuated areas of light and shadow on the ragged deck of cirrus.   Norman OK (17 Feb 26) Looking WSW … [Read more...]

Amicalola Falls on a Winter Afternoon

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The main cascade of Amicalola Falls -- highest in Georgia at 729 ft -- spills over hard ledges and chunks of Precambrian schist:  a hard, crystalline basement rock of the Blue Ridge in the Appalachians.  In late-winter afternoon light, its spray makes a rainbow segment, while Golden Hour light warms the tones on the trees, weathered rocks and water plants.  1 NNE Amicalola GA (13 Feb 26) Looking … [Read more...]

Summit Sunrise 2

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For the second straight year, I had an east-facing, upper-floor hotel room at the hotel hosting the National Storm Chase Summit, this time in a suburb of Denver instead of Kansas City.  For the second straight year, a glorious sunrise greeted me through the glass, beyond a small, partly ice-covered pond whose open area reflected the color well.   So, I hoisted some more glass, fired off some … [Read more...]