Let There Be Light!

Sky on January 24, 2012 9 am

Winter skies over the End of the Road.  For more  Skywatching click here.

Clouds – Chugging Along on Skywatch Friday.

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Almost Over

The penultimate day of the year: 26 degrees, still, and gray.

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December Dawns

December 21, 2011

December 21, 2011

December 23, 2011

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Skies and Reflections

Gray skies 12-6-11

A gray day with gray skies,

Deerfield River

and silver reflections.

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Ominous Skies

Turkey Buzzard

During our  visit our son-in-law took us to view the playing fields,  the woodland trails and the new community garden that are a part of Sienna Plantation, where they live. There were no children on the playing fields, but we were stunned by the flock of buzzards enjoying their own game. In this case a dead armadillo.  There were over 50 buzzards near the dead animal which did not seem like a very good ratio, but maybe they know how to share politely.  I was only able to get one photo of a buzzard in this dead tree against a cloudy Texas sky.

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Chasing the Sunset

I can see a lot of sky from my house, but even when I am home it’s hard to catch those tender sunrises or flaming sunsets at just the right moment. A couple of weeks ago I was driving home when the sun began to set. I had my camera with me and I knew I was too far away to get home in time to get an unobstructed view. I pulled over to the side of the road and took the best shot I could.

I hadn’t gone far when I realized the sunset was becoming even more beautiful so I stopped again.

This had to be the most beautiful fiery sunset I had seen in years. But all those trees!  I stopped for another shot.

I was racing home as fast as I could, except for those photo stops, and the sunset was also racing.

I was losing it. Literally and figuratively. No place to get a clear shot of the volcanic reds.

By the time I got home  -   and it didn’t take long  -  the race was over. Only the palest wash of pink left any hint of what had gone before.

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Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder

Sunrise 12-10-2010

not from China ‘cross the Bay, but from the east in glorious array. I almost missed the photo, the colors change so rapidly.  This morning the sunrise was more pearly, but then came a pink glow over our fields. Very mysterious and beautiful.

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Sky and Wind

Today at 7 a.m.

Why is it that dawn skies are always so beautiful.

Who sees the wind?

I was nearly blown off the Welcoming Platform while taking these photos.

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Sun Dog

I took this photo of a distinct sun dog at 7:30 am on Tuesday morning. A sun dog or parhelion is a ‘mock sun’  or halo that appears next to the real sun caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere, although they appear in any season  They most often appear when the sun is low in the sky, and sometimes more than one can appear at the same time.

Last fall we saw what is sometimes called a full sun dog, with a halo on either side of the sun, looking  like three suns in the sky.  Three suns would be too much of a good thing. It’s cold and gray today, but I am happy with one good old Sol.

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