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This was the first stage of what turned out to be a sunrise lasting well over an hour and coming in several distinct stages. This first stage was the very early vivid colour low on the horizon, creating some wonderful silhouettes in the distant trees. Shortly after this it went dark and grey again before the next stage - stay tuned next week for part two.
Taken from the deck of our caravan park cabin on the banks of the Murray river in Mannum, South Australia.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
The sunset just caught the tops of the passing storm-clouds, creating a very moody atmosphere.
Taken at Mannum on the Murray River in South Australia.
A couple of silver gulls and crested terns settle in for the night on a very calm and peaceful early evening just after sunset at the end of the wonderful, long Port Germein jetty. This is facing roughly SSW with Port Pirie just out of view to the left and Whyalla on the horizon to the right, across the Spencer Gulf. Port Germein is a little visited but wonderful unspoilt seaside village just off the main highway between Port Pirie and Port Augusta in South Australia.
Another lovely colourful sunrise was in progress until a sudden rain shower tried its best to blot it out. This was a lovely moment where the two were in balance. One thing I did notice while watching the rain landing on the previously mirrored surface of the Murray River was the noise the rain made - it was exactly like the sound of sizzling bacon! Maybe I was just hungry! : )
SUNSET - Florida Everglades
Palm Beach County, Florida USA
Spring 2020 - June 9th, 2020
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - extreme intense afterglow]
*[see a 'hippo' in that cloudburst? - head back, mouth open]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
Group Cover Photo - CSSS: US: Florida Thunderstorms - 12/31/20
It was a decent chase day (and night). As the storm moves away, there is a sharp boundary between that and the clear starry night sky. A distant bolt completes the frame.
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I was thoroughly enjoying watching the passing storms which were about 60km away as they drifted from west to east along the horizon. Just as the sunset started making the distant clouds glow, another storm suddenly hit us from behind. This was taken through a curtain of pouring rain, hence the slight softness of the detail. Even though I was hoping for it, the lightning bolt was a big bonus!
Later storms that evening knocked out the power for around 8 hours, but thankfully did little other damage despite dumping a sudden 40mm of rain.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
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EXPLORE on August 27, 2023. Thank you so very much!
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A different viewpoint and time of day for a view of the Nut at Stanley on Tasmania's north-west coast.
Original colour slide was taken in 1997 with a Pentax Z-70 SLR. Lens was a Sigma 28-80mm zoom. Film was possibly Fuji Sensia 100.
This colour slide was scanned with a Canon R10, Canon RF 24-240 zoom lens with Nisi close up attachment. Cool white LED backlighting.
Courtyard gate in an adobe wall in Mountainair, New Mexico.
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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Rainbow after the storm, with some towering cumulus in the background. Taken on the 10th of Sep. 2024, looking towards the Aegean Sea.
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Originally taken in 1997, this black and white shot was a rescue job from a pretty badly lit colour slide. I could not quite get the colours looking like they should due to the brightly backlit cloud, so I transformed it into a more timeless black and white look. Taken at the peaceful little town of Franklin on the Huon River in Tasmania, looking north, the hills in the background are all part of the mountains that form a backdrop to the west of Hobart, including Mount Wellington. They all had a wonderful dusting of mid winter snow.
Original shot was taken with a Pentax Z-70 SLR. Lens was a Sigma 28-80mm zoom. Film was possibly Fuji Sensia 100.
This colour slide was scanned with a Canon R10, Canon RF 24-240 zoom lens with Nisi close up attachment. Cool white LED backlighting.
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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Just wandering around downtown Los Angeles, CA, and I walk around a corner and see this. I think I just stood there for about 10 minutes before I even reached for the camera hanging around my neck. Weird building!
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.
After news reports and some emailed official Aurora alerts, I could not resist going out in hope of catching some colour. Usually, in the past, I have had to head for some serious dark sky sites, but this one was taken tonight in suburban Mount Gambier just 500 metres from home. I was amazed that I could even see a dim glow with the naked eye and equally amazed to see the colour overpower all of the light pollution from the whole of Mount Gambier directly in front of me. I am sure flickr will be full of amazing aurora shots from this recent storm, so this is my contribution!
I would have liked a wider angle lens, but this 24mm on the R10 is actually the equivalent of 38mm. As soon as I realised there was colour in the sky, I was in a hurry and did not want to spend time to swap the camera / lens combo for something wider.
This was the top of one of many storms that passed us by. I had a look on our weather radar and it was around 50km east of us over the state border in Victoria.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
That's the I-255 Jefferson Barracks Bridge on a smoke filled sunset evening. At first I was disappointed that these clouds moved in after waiting for a smokey sunset, but it turned out OK.
5/31/2025
Columbia, IL
After the thunderstorm, we got a nice treat. Fortunately, I was on a spot with unobstructed view to capture it. The portrait orientation helped to include all the colors of that moment.
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This big cat is just waiting to pounce as the sun rises.
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A pseudo forced perspective of my AUTOart 1/18th scale model E-Type Jaguar Series 1 roadster with the backdrop of a silhouetted sunrise in the Riverland near Mannum in South Australia.
This was a very prolific session, concerning TLEs. More than 120 events were observed during the evening of Nov. 11, 2023 over #thunderstorms at E. Aegean Sea and W. Turkey. This is a so called "Jellyfish" red sprite event (a term used by sprite-chasers). That is, a group of "carrot" sprites stacked together, creating a red "dome" on top and a "forest" of tendrils at the bottom. The mountains of Evia isl. can also be seen with wind turbines on top of them. The light behind them comes from the parent lightning.
TLEs (like red sprites) are upper atmospheric electrical discharges and they appear, under specific circumstances, above thunderstorms (e.g. red sprites appear at altitudes of 40-90 km).
I've used a #Sigma 85 mm lens at f/1.4, for 1/25'' with 40 k iso.
Check our recent #paper about TLEs from Greek-based observers, here: doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026009.
What is a red sprite? Info here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2017/04/red-sprite.html
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These clouds have made it a bit difficult to spot the comet, but the combo with twilight colors was totally worth it. Taken on 12.10.2024, in Athens, Greece.
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The most photogenic lightning bolts on this day, occured towards the southern parts of the city, near mt. Imittos (on the left). Moments with 3 or 4 bolts simultaneously. I selected two captures from that day. Taken on 31.08.2024, in Athens, Greece, looking southwards. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm, f/4, 1/25'', iso 100, NiSi ND64 nano IR filter.
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SUNSET - AT SEA - June 9th, 2023 - Atlantic Ocean
The Bahamas - Friday Night - Day Seven - Intensity
40th Anniversary 8 Day Cruise - Saint Croix - Tortola
Adventure of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_of_the_Seas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Croix
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - just off the Florida Coast]
This was our last night on the ship as we were steaming NW directly toward the Florida Coast, and the sunset in the west was directly ahead of the bow. Almost as if the captain pointed the ship directly at the setting sun! A magical sunset at sea developed. Magnificent! And we were headed straight at it! Was pretty windy, but absolutely incredible for the dozen or so of us out on the bow witnessing this. A truly awesome sea-sunset. Spectacular! Thank you for looking.
Group Cover Photo - CSSS Group - 7/12/23
A view across the tidal sand flats, taken from the Port Germein Jetty in South Australia on a wonderful stormy day.
The view through the silver birch trees looking west from my comfy chair out on the front porch - always a great place to view the sunset and take life easy!
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
The beginning of a week or more of very rainy, stormy weather.
This was an extremely fast moving cell and I barely had enough time to run into the field, shoot the panorama and run back into the house before the down pour was upon me.
The most photogenic lightning bolts on this day, occured towards the southern parts of the city, near mt. Imittos (on the left). Moments with 3 or 4 bolts simultaneously. I selected two captures from that day. Taken on 31.08.2024, in Athens, Greece, looking southwards. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm, f/4, 1/25'', iso 100, NiSi ND64 nano IR filter.
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‘Twas a beautiful display of convective blowoff from the previous evening’s storms over NW Missouri.
Green Park, MO
Explosion au volcan Sabancaya, 5967m, au Pérou.
Photo prise vers 5500m d'altitude lors de la montée.
Notez le glacier recouvert par la cendre volcanique dont une face verticale apparaît à la base du cône volcanique.
Pour une photo lors de la marche d'approche, voir :
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/53462702116
Pour une photo d'une explosion prise à 5830m lors de la montée vers le cratère, voir :
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/53413944348/in/datepo...
Explosion at the Sabancaya volcano, 5967m, in Peru.
Photo taken around 5500m altitude during the climb.
Note the glacier covered by volcanic ash whose vertical face appears at the base of the volcanic cone.
For a photo during the approach march, see
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/53462702116
For a photo of an explosion taken at 5830m during the climb to the crater, see
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/53413944348/in/datepo...
Explosión en el volcán Sabancaya, 5967m, en Perú.
Foto tomada a unos 5500 m de altitud durante la subida.
Nótese el glaciar cubierto por ceniza volcánica cuya cara vertical aparece en la base del cono volcánico.
Para una fotografía durante la marcha de aproximación, consulte
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/53462702116
Para ver una fotografía de una explosión tomada a 5830 m durante el ascenso al cráter, consulte
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/53413944348/in/datepo...
A droite, le pic du Teide, un volcan sur l'île de Tenerife, aux îles Canaries (Espagne), point culminant de l'Espagne à 3715m.
Sur la gauche du Teide, à gauche la coulée de lave, le volcan pico Viejo à 3129m dont une vue de l'intérieur du cratère est à voir à
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/52362342254/in/datepo...
A gauche et devant, mais aussi invisible sur la droite, son immense caldera à 2100m.
On the right, the peak of Teide, a volcano on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands (Spain), the highest point in Spain at 3715m.
On the left of Teide, on the left the lava flow, the Pico Viejo volcano at 3129m, of which a view of the inside of the crater is to be seen at
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/52362342254/in/datepo...
On the left and in front, but also invisible on the right, its immense caldera at 2100m.
A la derecha, el pico del Teide, un volcán en la isla de Tenerife, en las Islas Canarias (España), el punto más alto de España con 3715m.
A la izquierda del Teide, a la izquierda la colada de lava, el volcán Pico Viejo a 3129m, del que se ve una vista del interior del cráter en
www.flickr.com/photos/139889408@N07/52362342254/in/datepo...
A la izquierda y al frente, pero también invisible a la derecha, su inmensa caldera a 2100m.
This is a mono version of a massive squall that moved northward down the Vatnsdalur Valley in North Iceland. The small farm of Leysingjastaðir in the foreground with the ramparts of the the Víðidalsfjall Range behind. The main peak of the range at 970m, masked by the storm.
For literature fans, this is the landscape of "Burial Rites"by author and fellow Tasmanian, Hannah Kent. The book tells the tragic tale of the last woman to be executed in Iceland. Much of the book is set at the Kornsá farm - somewhere in the storm and out of shot to the left.
Þingeyrakirkja, North Iceland. September 2017.
Fuji X-Pro 2, XF55-200/3.5-4.6 1/1500th sec at f/9, ISO 200
FL ~ 55mm
4 Bouquetins en marche sur la neige à Lus-la-Croix-Haute, Drome, France.
4 Ibex running on the snow in Lus-la-Croix-Haute, Drome, France.
Newport - Oregon - USA
Pacific Ocean
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Le Mont Aiguille, 2087m, dans le Vercors, France.
Si vous regardez bien en zoomant sur l'image, en haut au centre il y a 3 personnes et 3 autres au sommet à gauche, microscopiques comparativement au Mont Aiguille.
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Mont Aiguille, 2087m, en Vercors, Francia.
Si miras de cerca haciendo zoom en la imagen, en la parte superior central hay 3 personas y otras 3 en la parte superior izquierda, microscópicas en comparación con Mont Aiguille.
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Mont Aiguille, 2087m, in Vercors, France.
If you look closely by zooming in on the image, at the top center there are 3 people and 3 others at the top on the left, microscopic compared to Mont Aiguille.