Sky scenes

mesquite buckeye · July 30, 2015, 10:24:36 PM

It is a piece of a regular rainbow. Crepuscular rays are what you see when sunlight shines through openings in clouds, giving the impression the light is spreading out. That is actually a perspective effect, like how rows of a crop in a field look as you pass them. Anticrepuscular rays are what you sometimes get in the sky opposite the sun where it looks like the rays are coming together again. Also a perspective effect on parallel light. Anticrepuscular rays are more uncommon than their spreading counterparts and are usually only seen near sunrise and sunset.

Hope the explanation helps. ;D

It lasted like 15 minutes. ;D ;D ;D

mesquite buckeye · August 20, 2015, 09:24:17 PM

Mammatocumulus over Tucson from a nearby severe thunderstorm.

Magicman · August 20, 2015, 10:22:43 PM

That looks eerie.

mesquite buckeye · August 21, 2015, 01:06:59 AM

It covered about 1/2 of the sky. Clouds of this type are associated with severe thunderstorms and tornados.

If you look closely the dot to the lower right is an A10 Thunderbolt from Davis Monthan AFB.
Best air to mud plane in the Air Force for close air support of our troops. It is a constant fight to keep them as part of the team. >:(

thecfarm · August 21, 2015, 05:33:28 AM

No wonder I could not get the bug off my screen. ;D
More nice pictures of the clouds. Mine are kinda boring in this area. They all kinda look the same. Some white some black. ;D

Raider Bill · August 21, 2015, 08:44:45 AM

Figured I'd change things around some. This is Sun-up from Daytona Beach Florida.

Magicman · August 21, 2015, 08:50:02 AM

That's a happy scene Bill.

mesquite buckeye · August 23, 2015, 03:06:14 PM

Purty ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Raider Bill · August 24, 2015, 09:27:55 AM

Sunset, Treasure Island Florida

mesquite buckeye · August 24, 2015, 11:40:35 AM

Cool. ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Looks Florida flat.

Raider Bill · August 24, 2015, 01:36:33 PM

Flat as the eye can see!

mesquite buckeye · August 24, 2015, 09:18:06 PM

Or maybe round and really really big. ;D 8) 8) 8)

sawguy21 · August 26, 2015, 11:42:49 AM

Our dog would have loved that beach.

Jeff · September 20, 2015, 11:25:29 AM

New flag at the cabin flying proud.

Bricklayer51 · September 21, 2015, 08:25:36 AM

Now that's a beautiful sight. Hope Pete got some meat.

Raider Bill · September 21, 2015, 02:34:40 PM

Took this last Saturday.

Ianab · October 02, 2015, 04:32:32 AM

Tropical night sky on Rarotonga

mesquite buckeye · October 02, 2015, 07:26:47 AM

Very nice. What did you use to take it?

Bay Beagle · October 02, 2015, 08:30:28 AM

last weeks pic, before the storms moved in .... off the Chesapeake Bay -

Ianab · October 02, 2015, 03:00:58 PM

Quote from: mesquite buckeye on October 02, 2015, 07:26:47 AM
Very nice. What did you use to take it?

Nothing fancy.

Canon Rebel T3 on manual setting, and sat on the deck railing. 30 second exposure.

The sand and palm are lit from the lights inside the house, and the rest is starlight.

Bibbyman · October 03, 2015, 05:06:19 AM

Quote from: Bibbyman on February 15, 2003, 08:28:43 AM

I shot this picture looking south from our yard just at sundown in July of 93 - the year of the Great Flood. This thunderhead dumped over 5" of rain in about 45 minutes on Linn, MO about 20 miles south of us.

Here is an elm tree in our front yard I caught with the early morning frost.

Yeah, I'm still kicking.

I went back to the post I made over 13 years ago that started this topic. Two things stick out, one, the picture file size limits were much lower then, and two, a good many of the first posters on this topic are no longer with us.

It's great to see this topic is still going and growing.

thecfarm · October 03, 2015, 06:16:25 AM

I'm glad to see it going and growing too. I enjoy all of the pictures. It's good to capture some of them. Some only last a few minutes and than are gone.

mesquite buckeye · October 07, 2015, 11:25:10 AM

We have had some storms in Tucson starting yesterday. Some severe with hail and whirling winds. Shot this rainbow over the front range of the Santa Catalina Mountains while driving to pick up my stepdaughter from school.

This triple rainbow is outside my window as this is written.

The third one is visible just below the main rainbow.

Tucson is beautiful. ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Gary_C · October 07, 2015, 10:21:14 PM

Here are a few new sky pictures I have accumulated this past year. Last June I drove out to Idaho Falls for my brother's memorial service. The first picture is of the east side of the Tetons taken north of Jackson,WY.

The next picture is from the Teton Pass just west of Jackson. You can see the cut in the distance where the road coming out of Jackson rises at a 13 degree grade. I think that Teton Pass was the steepest road we traveled.

This picture was taken east of Idaho Falls, not sure exactly where as it was taken by my brother sometime in the winter of 2013-14.

The next picture was taken on the way home. We were just south of Yellowstone NP and just west of the Teton Range. The picture is either the Tetons to the west of us or Yellowstone to the north of us.

The road in the next picture is just on the way to the west gate of Yellowstone.

Here is Old Faithful just finishing in the late afternoon sky.

The road coming down to the west side of Yellowstone Lake looking east.

Around on the east side of Yellowstone Lake looking back west at the sunset. Notice the thermal vents steaming along the shore of the lake.

A few survivor trees on the east side of the lake. You will see why I call them survivor trees in the last picture.

Some more survivors.

This is the east side of Yellowstone Lake still waiting for the cleanup or replanting. I'm not sure if this is left over from the fires some years ago or just the result of the dying Lodgepole which can be seen all over the area.