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White Scud, Dark Background

2024-09-19 By Roger Edwards

White Scud, Dark Background

An early-morning thunderstorms complex retreated to the southeast and east, leaving behind a fresh pool of outflow, crowned with fractocumulus scud in cool northeasterlies.  Emerging sunshine illuminated the scud against the dark pall of nimbostratus and elevated stratocumulus closer to the storms’ rear.  This process rendered one of my favorite lighting arrangements in the sky:  bright clouds fronting dark background.

Norman OK (22 May 24) Looking SE
35.1824, -97.4397

Filed Under: Mini Cloud Atlas, Visual Effects Tagged With: cityscapes, clouds, convection, fractocumulus, National Weather Center, nimbostratus, Norman, Oklahoma, scud, storms, stratocumulus, thunderstorms, University of Oklahoma, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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