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UP 5730 brings a relatively short 3933' 64 car MASPB 6 by Harris Road on the UP Chester Subdivision. MASPB is often configured 1 X 1 and around 10,000', but not today. At 3787 tons, the lone GE was enough to pull the train across the flat landscape of southwestern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and eastern Arkansas.
11/6/2025
Monroe County, IL
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.
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.
Sunset in and thoughts from the High Desert.
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.
The third favorite capture (and last one) from the storm-night on Nov. 10-11, during the thunderstorms between E. Attica and Evia isl. The colors you see here in the storm cloud are absolutely real and clearly visible to the naked eye. The central green hailcore, the white-purple towering storm cloud on the right side and the dark grey on the left side. This is why I wanted to keep this into my "time-capsule".
The moon can be seen on the left side and Orion on the top right side and Gemini on the top left. Also observe a CG lightning bolt at the bottom, striking far away at the Aegean Sea.
For this one, I've used a Sigma Art 20 mm lens, f/1.4 @ f/4 for 8'' with iso 500.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
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Panoramic Sunset with beautiful colors, as the storms were retreating towards the Aegean Sea. 2x11 horizontal frames. Canon 5Dmk4, full spectrum with Astronomik L2 filter. Taken on 12.02.2024, from E. Attica, Greece.
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This was a different sprite-chase. On the early morning of Mar. 11, 2023, a very active line of thunderstorms was moving towards Athens from the NW but in such a way, that I had a clear view over it until it got too close. One example is this capture here.
More than 20 red sprite events were captured and I also got the closest on record, so far for me (“parent” lightning was only some 25-30 km away, so the relevant sprites gave the impression as if they were literally “hanging” above my head). On the other hand, the extreme light pollution from the city and the very bright moon, weren’t helpful at capturing such faint phenomena.
TLEs (like red sprites) appear, under specific circumstances, above thunderstorms (e.g. red sprites appear at altitudes of 40-90 km).
I've used a Sigma 20 mm lens at f/1.4, for 1/25'' with 10k iso.
What is a red sprite? Info here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2017/04/red-sprite.html
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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.
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The last 2 days of August tried to "compensate" for a long record-warm and dry summer. The lightning activity was great on both days and I had some captures despite the daylight. Even while the storm was moving away and the sun was well above us, quadruple lightning bolts like this one, were "hanging" around. Taken on 30.08.2024, in Athens, Greece. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm, f/4, 1/25'', iso 100, NiSi ND64 nano IR filter.
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
Autumn in New Mexico is a beautiful time of year. This is a scene off of the road to Sandia Crest.
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.
Well, not that kind of dust, but I do get a buzz on this dust, and any severe weather.
A severe storm centered near Pevely, MO kicked out a gust front that brought up the dust off the surrounding unplanted farmland.
4-10-2025
Harris Road
Monroe County, IL
Taken from Sandia Crest, elevation 10,679 feet.
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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Some lightning crawlers and a cg
on July 15, 2024
Nikon D3200
Nikon 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
ƒ/7.1
20.0 mm
6sec.
iso 100
Reprocessed photo from the archives of a beautiful thunderstorm moving over Albuquerque's North Valley.
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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The B-29 Bomber "Doc" coming in for a landing at Long Beach Airport in southern California for an event there. I was fortunate enough to be at the home of some of my family on vacation, and their house is very near the flight path for landing at Long Beach Airport. This was quite a sight to see. And, these old bombers are loud!
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.
This was the beginning of an interesting night with severe thunderstorms going on till the next morning. The time is 17:00 and torrential rain with loads of small hail enters the city. The greenish hailcore with the yellow-golden lighting of the Parthenon caught my eye here.
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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.
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.
The actual name is the Point Fermin Lighthouse. This Victorian structure was built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods.
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.
This is an unusual view of the lovely old Mersey Bluff lighthouse at Devonport in Tasmania. It is usually photographed during the day when its striking bright red and white vertical stripes stand out against the blue sky. But I was there at sunset and only had one camera with me - the 3D World medium format stereo film camera. And, it only had one shot left on the film! I seem to recall waiting patiently for almost half an hour for the light to be just right for my intended silhouette sunset shot. While I was waiting, there was another fellow there with the latest (in 2006) digital camera and he had taken maybe 200 shots in that time just like I do myself these days).
This shot is part of what will be a large number of slide scans that I will be posting from my old medium format stereo slide collection. They are mostly from Tasmania and taken between 2006 and 2009. Generally, they will be in the original square format, but just occasionally I will present a wider looking crop. I'll post another picture of the camera in question soon.
Original slide scanned with a Canon R10, RF 24-240 lens and Nisi close up lens attachment.
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.
Tonight's Sunset image facing the direction of the approaching icy snowstorm, as seen from a backyard in Connecticut.
While we have had a little shower or two here in Mount Gambier lately, we have not had much decent rain, so it was wonderful to have a heavy fall as this storm passed over us. It was just a bonus to get some dramatic light hit the silver birch trees and their late autumn colours, then a lovely rainbow to finish it off.
Some parts of Australia are suffering floods at the moment, so while we do feel for them, it is very nice to get this rain locally.
1/18th scale model Lamborghini Aventador S by AUTOart parked under a moody sky backdrop.
8 image focus stack taken and processed with the Canon R10, RF 16mm lens.
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