A cold, calm dawn casts a warm sky glow behind the blackjacks, post oaks and black walnut trees of the Western Crosstimbers belt. These trees had been broken by a weak tornado and two ice storms in the preceding five years. Then their dormant, living remains, rendered jagged and forlorn in visual form by the arboreal nakedness of wintertime, silhouetted a deck of sun-splashed altocumulus.
Norman OK (22 Dec 10) Looking SE
35.2079, -97.3767Winter Sunrise
A cold, calm dawn casts a warm sky glow behind the blackjacks, post oaks and black walnut trees of the Western Crosstimbers belt. These trees had been broken by a weak tornado and two ice storms in the preceding five years. Then their dormant, living remains, rendered jagged and forlorn in visual form by the arboreal nakedness of wintertime, silhouetted a deck of sun-splashed altocumulus.
Norman OK (22 Dec 10) Looking SE
35.2079, -97.3767