I haven't gotten a good photo of a full sun halo before with iPhones. I tried a panoramic shot this time with better results. Got creative with contrast, etc.

This was taken the day after I reported new leaf buds on the Fruitless Mulberry tree on the right.

The Murray river and Mannum in South Australia are very much in the news at the moment due to the rising floodwaters and huge volume of water flowing downstream. This older view from when levels were normal shows a lagoon that is to one side of the main river itself and also a bird sanctuary with a small jetty leading out to a bird hide. All of this jetty would be very much under water by now. The sunrise shown here from around six months ago was an amazing one with deep glows appearing all over the sky from east to west. The cabin deck that this was taken from would also be very close to going under. Many of the other cabins in the park have been temporarily moved to higher ground and I believe the main street is closed due to a huge levee being built up the middle of the road. Let's hope it all passes soon and their lives can get back to normal, and that they are all high and dry for Christmas.

Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!

The forested foothills in the foreground are about 3,000 feet above mean sea level. The summit of California Highway 108 is at 9,824 feet, while the physical summit of Sonora Peak is 11,459 feet.

Near Morrisonville, IL

The foggy sunrise brought with it some heavy traffic for the little black cormorants.

Happy Nice Wonderful Cloud Tuesday!

Several red sprites were observed and recorded during the night of Jun. 25, 2022, over the thunderstorms of central and northern Aegean Sea. TLEs (like red sprites) appear, under specific circumstances, above thunderstorms. This event had a faint "green GhOST" as well. I've used a Sigma 85 mm lens at f/1.4, for 1/25'' with 51.2k iso. More about the Greek Team chasing red sprites and TLEs in general: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2019/05/tles-greek-archive-of...

What is a red sprite? Info here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2017/04/red-sprite.html

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Sonnenuntergang am See

The sun nestled behind the trees.

Someone was clearly trying to catch a little sun - taken at sunset on Broome's glorious Cable Beach in the north west of Western Australia.

I was lucky to grab a shot with no people in it as the beach was actually quite crowded and full of four wheel drives and crowds of sunset watchers.

Original colour slide was taken in 2004 with a 3D twin rig using two Canon 300V SLR cameras and using Fuji Sensia 100 slide film. Scanned with a Canon R10, RF 24-240 lens and Nisi close up attachment.

The granite boulders in the park are huge and the vegetation is quite varied. The deserts of Southern California are spectacular to a desert lover like me.

Thank you all so very much for your comments and faves, but most of all I thank you for just taking the time to look. I appreciate each and every one of you! Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Grazie. Go raibh maith agat. Tapadh leat. Gratias tibi.

All photos are ©Tom Harrington and may not be used in any way without my permission. Thank you.

With nacreous clouds and some lens flare that I couldn't avoid.

Wolken-Spiegelung

The unmistakable sunrise silhouette of an Australian Pelican flying high above the treetops near Mannum in South Australia.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Altostratus clouds with a sharp boundary towards the west horizon, is a promising recipe for sunsets like this. This is the west part of the center of Athens, with mt. Egaleo. 26.10.2025.

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Sonnenuntergang mit Blendenstern

Sonnenuntergang auf der Ostsee

Lightning around Evia isl. as seen from E. Attica, Greece, during the evening on the 7th of Dec. 2024.

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Pure luck with the camera.

A delightfully atmospheric sunrise over the Murray River near Mannum, South Australia.

Ribbon lightning, part of it zoomed in for convenience. Athens, Greece, 11.06.2021.

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"Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain"

-Edmund Waller

Taking shelter behind the much needed breakwater at Port MacDonnell in South Australia. The clouds behind were almost black as the storm front approached.

Red Sprites on 01.02.2021, over the thunderstorms of the E. Aegean sea. One can observe the parent lightning's flash below the sprite. I've used a Sigma 20 mm lens at f/1.4 with 20k iso. More about the Greek Team chasing red sprites and TLEs in general: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2019/05/tles-greek-archive-of...

What is a red sprite? Info here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2017/04/red-sprite.html

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Lightning bolts were rare on this, but here is one, as the spc invades the city. Canon 5Dmk4, f/2.8, 1/25'', Sigma Art 14 mm, NiSi ND64 nano filter. Athens, Greece, Nov. 26, 2021.

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This is my last favorite selection from the thunderstorms on Dec. 4, 2025 over Athens. This happened on my NE side. Apart from the triple lightning, the low clouds hovering just above the buildings and giving a more dramatic tone, was another reason for choosing it.

Here, f/9 marginally "saved" the lightning bolts from overexposure, but I continued with f/10-11 later on during that night.

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One more I chose from that day, looking towards the NW side from the center of Athens, as the supercell is approaching. The multiple branching was a feature of this bolt that attracted my attention. It was also out and away from the rain/hail shaft but close enough to be captured together with the green hailcore on the left. Looking at the branches sideways, I can only imagine what was going on above the cloud layer.

Shot in Athens, on 24.07.2026, with Canon 5DmkIV, NiSi ND64 filter, iso 100, 1/25'', f/3.2 and Sigma Art lens 14 mm.

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Evening walk with the dogs. 🐕 Lots of ash particulates in the air from the fires we have in the western part of the state.

A blazing intense sunset popped out tonight just as I received news of our flickr friend Graham Little who lives over in the West but isn't doing too well at the moment. One for you my friend.

This thunderstorm, was a bit more dangerous than it appears. The first bolt from the blue (observe that there is sunlight above me and also on the ground) was never seen but heard from the radio antennas on the hill I was. A typical discharge sound and the thunder right after. I was observing another storm at north, because this one was further away, so I was astonished because I haven't seen any lightning from the one close to me. I run for shelter at once. I opened the camera and 5' later, there was the second one, in the photo. August 31, 2022, in Athens, Greece. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm (cropped), f/3.2, 1/25'', iso 100, NiSi nano ND64 filter.

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Our Magnolia Grandiflora bush looked great against the long lingering sunset a few nights ago. It will probably be the last good sunset for a while. Our rains have arrived at long last! 20mm last night and counting.

Sun Rays over Canefields.

Steiglitz, Queensland

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Shelf cloud over Athens, coming from the W-SW. Noon of Nov. 10, 2025. This is a combination of a dozen vertical shots with a 35 mm lens.

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Four lightning bolts during a nocturnal thunderstorm, south of Attica, towards the Aegean Sea. Night of Sep. 5, 2023, during the storm system named "Daniel" that flooded Thessaly (more than 1000 mm of rain in 3 days).

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Thunderstorms in Denmark, taken from Sweden :)

This was the final wonderful sunset of our recent trip, and was taken from the deck of our cabin in Kingston SE looking across what was an amazingly calm sea.

Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!

(Will catch up soon with flickr followers - just home from the trip today, and I have 2700 photos to sort through - and that was after deleting about 2000 along the way!)

A beautiful post storm sunset explodes over the historic Kirkwood train depot, built in 1893.

4/29/2025

From memory, this is somewhere on the Tamar River near the heart of Launceston in Tasmania close to a wonderful seafood restaurant.

Taken sometime between 2005 and 2009 with the RBT 3D stereo 35mm film camera using Sensia 100 slide film. Scanned with a Canon R10, RF 24-240mm lens and Nisi close up attachment.

Over the hood

The sky was entertaining to watch as the setting sun lit up the storm clouds over our home a week ago. It was an ever changing natural artwork with the moon as a bonus!

Looks can be deceiving. Despite the sun shimmering brightly on the horizon, the outside temperature was just 1 degree C. The birds and I were glad to finally feel a little warmth.

Buildings at Ralph Jacobs Airport are illuminated as a weak thunderstorm rolls in the distance to the south of Valmeyer, IL.

7/6/2025

Monroe County, IL

Before the night there is a time

when one can watch the dark descend

it's everyday outside the door

plus every day a different bend

This time is when the darkness comes

gently in the western sky

each new day a unique scene

of beauty one cannot deny

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contrail streams in the wind at sunset

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52 Weeks: 2024 Edition: Week 48: Darkness

Ever looked out your window at sunset and thought, wow it was just getting dark a minute ago. Now there’s a strange yellow glow emanating from somewhere. Bingo! That was this night.

Must have overlooked this one.

sunset over the lake