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This developing storm to the northwest of the peak had more in store. By the time we arrived at the top, everyone was instructed back to their vehicles because of the storm. Snow grains began falling, thunder sounded, and twenty minutes of pea sized hail accompanied the ride down from about the halfway point down to Maniteau Springs. In that time the NWS severe warned the storm.
6/8/2025
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
Here is one more lightning capture I've selected from the thunderstorms on the 21st of June 2025 over Athens. The details at the branches of the bolts and the feature on the upper right corner where the bolt crosses through the cloud, were two decisive factors in order to choose this one over others. At the left side, one can observe the southern edge of mt. Imittos.
Taken on 21.06.2025, in Athens, Greece, looking southwards. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 35 mm, f/3.5, 1/25'', iso 100, ND filter used.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
The bride receiving final adjustments to her veil, from one of the glamorous bridesmaids.
Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.
Victoria Road, Ryde. Western Sydney.
Photographed in July 2023.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
BODY LANGUAGE/THE INVISIBLE WOMAN by Wicked Eiren
This is the first time Wicked is showing her work at an SL Art Gallery. and of course I am super proud she choose Nitroglobus.
Proud to present this intriguing and very emotional exhibition by Wicked who with these images asks for acknowledgement of/attention for her situation, and that of many others in the world who are suffering from Central Sensitivity Syndromes (CSSs), an umbrella term which houses a series of complex chronic diseases like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, and many more.
A diseases that you can not see, but which needs to be heard, the silent scream!
The opening party @ dido's part of Nitroglobus will be Monday, 27 June, 12 PM SLT, starting with a short contemporary ballet by Milena and Lalitha Carbone, followed by tunes of DJ Niels.
Special thanks to Adwehe for her awesome light art, specially created for this exhibition.
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Poem by Toni Blackman selected by Wicked:
'I am an invisible woman.
Not because people refuse to see me.
They know I am here.
But it's as if my (pain) detracts from my existence.
My presence too often mistaken for absence.
I am an invisible woman.'
More info about the artist, the exhibition and the disease mentioned above: touch the info giver at entrance point in the gallery.
LM to Nitroglobus, dido's part of the gallery: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Homestead/38/22...
A severe storm that later became tornado warned claws across the plains of Colorado south of Limon, seen from Genoa.
6/6/2025
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.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
Looking like a scene from Hitchcock's "The Birds", this dead tree always attracted a good crowd of little cormorants and always made for an interesting sunrise silhouette.
The sky took on a dramatic look the other night as I took this slight patch of sunset colour while facing due east! The western sky was actually dull and grey.
On the right side, low clouds and rain are entering the frame, over part of the center of Athens. Also, there are rainshafts over mt. Imittos, southeast of Athens, on the background.
Taken on 02.10.2025, in Athens, Greece, looking southwards.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
I saw the pink cloud formation from the front window, but when I went outside, there was a lot more. Moments later it was just a dark gray mass.
Used photoshop only to bring out the grass and to lower the exposure about 1/2 stop.
Posted in Stormscapes and other CSSS Groups by invitation. Thank you so much.
Panoramic view
The Sunset tonight right from my backyard
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52 Weeks: 2024 Edition: Week 29: Low Key
Shelf cloud on the background as the thunderstorm approaches. Acropolis with Parthenon on the foreground. One can also observe the temple of Olympian Zeus (lower left edge) and Acropolis Museum (the orthogonal building between the temple and Acropolis).
Taken on 21.06.2025, in Athens, Greece, looking southwestwards. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 35 mm, f/2.5, 1/25'', iso 100, ND filter used.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
A great morning if you are a storm lover. Bolt from the blue lightning, near Artemida, east of Athens, Greece, early morning of 03.07.2021. It was an amazing night with NLCs (recorded for the first time in GR), red sprites and a close TS with amazing BFBs. Sigma Art 20 mm, f/4, iso 1000.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα αλλά και βιβλία για φοιτητές: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
Wisp of clouds tickle the blue sky. A mild breeze blows through trees of green. The smell of sizzling burgers on the grill. The distant sound of a playful dog. A time of summer relaxation occurs on the patio.
Taken May 18th 2018. I had traveled to Minnesota for the birth of my granddaughter and was flying back to Atlanta when this was snapped.
Happy New Year to all! A stormy beginning for this year, after a very long and abnormally warm period. One can observe the "channel transfer" due to the strong wind (the small spikes on the main channel). This is how "ribbon lightning" occurs (observe the small branch on the upper end of the photo). Taken on 07.01.2024, 0140 EET, from E. Attica, Greece, looking east.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα αλλά και βιβλία για φοιτητές: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
The two galahs and the other small bird - possibly a starling - soon took flight as this whistling kite came swooping in to claim its rightful place on top of the old stump.
The background bokeh to this silhouette is largely some early morning clouds with a hint of sunrise colour.
It was a decent chase day. A non-tornadic supercell stormed the city in the afternoon, some lightning later on during the evening/twilight over the east coast (the lightning in this photo is from there) and red sprites at night.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
One from the archives of a wild night. Taken in our driveway in Stawell, Victoria. This shot did make me jump!
Still looking for a decent rainfall in our corner of the state. I went trawling through the old shots to remind me what a good storm looked like!
Happy Nice Wonderful Cloud Tuesday!
One from the archives of our Big Trip around Australia back in 2004.
Apart from the actual Jumbo jet, this was a very typical scene as we travelled the outback regions of Australia. Our chosen car for the 5 month long big around Australia trip was the little Honda Jazz and here it is lost amid the jumbo sized 4 wheel drives and SUVs. Our little buggy was the only hatchback or car in the whole carpark!
This particular car park is at the QANTAS museum in Longreach, Queensland which features the retired "City of Bunbury" Jumbo jet or 747 as a permanent static display.
The small white fluffy clouds here were very typical of the climate in this part of outback Australia. They would slowly materialise from a clear blue sky at the same time every day - usually around 11 o'clock in the morning.
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This was a scan of one side of a stereo pair color slide, originally taken with a German hand built RBT 3D stereo camera using Fuji Sensia 100 film. Original lenses were a pair of Cosina 35-70 zoom lenses. It was scanned with the Canon RP, 24-240 lens and Nisi close up lens.
A weak pulse storm over East Saint Louis, IL puts on a brief show late in the afternoon on 7/27/2025.
Maryland Heights, MO
From the Big Trip 3D slide archives - 2004.
This was actually on the final day of our huge trip around Australia, and was taken on the foreshore of the caravan park where we stayed in Portland, Victoria. When I woke up in our cabin, I noticed an intense red glow around the edge of the bedroom window. Well, I think I was up, dressed, and down on the beach in less than a minute to catch the amazing colours in the sky.
(Slide scanned using Canon RP with 24-240 and Nisi close up lens. Original taken using Fuji Sensia 100 slide film)
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
One more from the night of Jun. 25, 2022. Red sprites over the thunderstorms of central and northern Aegean Sea. These happened within less than half a second and in 3 separate groups. They appear as if they are "dancing" in the sky, thus called "dancing sprites" among sprite-chasers. TLEs (like red sprites) appear, under specific circumstances, above thunderstorms. Dark patches are clouds. 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
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
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Even though it is at the right edge of the frame, I like the way streamers come out from the main channel, esp. at its lower end. Saronic gulf, south of Athens, Greece, night of 26.09.2023.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα αλλά και βιβλία για φοιτητές: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
These beautiful Ocatilla cactus are about 10 to 12 feet tall, and they can grow even higher.
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.
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Large fiels of mostly Cholla Cactus in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Quite a variety of flora grows in Joshua Tree.
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.
Crawlers then random cg 500 yards away over exposed.
Nikon D3200
18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
ƒ/7.1
20.0 mm
5sec.
iso 200
I started out taking sunrise shots, but a sudden flurry of starlings erupted from the reeds and made for some added interest!
A slight re-edit of an old fave from the archives.
Taken in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico on a bright early morning.
Thank you all so very much for your visits, comments, and faves. 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.
An early morning shot taken on the eastern side of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges after a particularly wet winter which left the landscape looking wonderfully lush in what is normally a hot and dry part of the country.
Original colour slide was taken around 2010 with a 3D World medium format stereo film camera using Fuji Provia 100F colour slide film. Scanned with a Canon R10 with RF24-240mm lens and Nisi close up attachment.
*** Apologies for the slight lack of sharpness. I accidentally uploaded this at a slightly lower resolution from the original scan, and once I had uploaded it, did not want to go through the whole process again ***