[Part 2 of 6] The blue-hour arcus cloud, rushing out from the tail portion of a deep and well-organized complex of thunderstorms to the north and northeast, pushed ahead rapidly in the morning twilight, yielding this strange, otherworldly appearance. With natural light still somewhat scarce, faint Norman city light to the west imparted a peculiar reddish hue to a bit of the shelf cloud’s underside. The wide-angle, vertical perspective, nearly reaching the zenith, offers the illusion of an unnaturally steep tilt to the shelf, in two dimensions. In 30 seconds, the illusion would get even more bizarre… [Go to Part 3]
Norman OK (30 Jul 20) Looking WShelfie Six Pack: Eerie Sky
[Part 2 of 6] The blue-hour arcus cloud, rushing out from the tail portion of a deep and well-organized complex of thunderstorms to the north and northeast, pushed ahead rapidly in the morning twilight, yielding this strange, otherworldly appearance. With natural light still somewhat scarce, faint Norman city light to the west imparted a peculiar reddish hue to a bit of the shelf cloud’s underside. The wide-angle, vertical perspective, nearly reaching the zenith, offers the illusion of an unnaturally steep tilt to the shelf, in two dimensions. In 30 seconds, the illusion would get even more bizarre… [Go to Part 3]
Norman OK (30 Jul 20) Looking W