Took a cool pic?
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you got the "eye" for sure 67Monaco. thanks for taking the time to post some really neat pics.
i was just writing that same thing! taking decent pics is harder than it seems. some are "naturals"...some (like me) had to learn "patience"
67Monaco
Old Man with a Hat
Thx but I don't really. I used to just take millions of shots, every once in a while I find a decent one. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while.
Early May 2014, near my house about 25 miles north of downtown Detroit. We had a tornado watch that day..a rare event in Michigan that time of the year
There had been funnel sightings 30 miles to the west, but there were no warning sirens in my area at this time. I was exiting a building facing north and got these two shots with my cell phone.
People going on about their business, nothing was on TV in the place I was just leaving, nothing on radio, etc.,...but there this baby was "spinnin away" in the sky.
I sent these pics into a local TV station "weatherwatcher" web portal and to my surprise one picture made the 5pm news...and it was explained as a "upper level cold air vortice" of no basic consequence, or a 'jet condensate trail" affected by windshear.
Hey I ain't a weatherman, but I did grow up in Kansas and have seen a few spinnin' clouds ... I'm just sayin' :icon_eek:
Addenda: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410109109789023245/
"Cold-air funnel clouds (vortices) are usually short-lived and generally much weaker than the vortices produced by supercells. Although cold-air funnels rarely make ground contact, they may touch down briefly and become weak tornadoes or waterspouts."
The "weatherman" was right...but it still was a "funnel cloud" even if it was weak, there was NO warning the darn thing was around at all.
There had been funnel sightings 30 miles to the west, but there were no warning sirens in my area at this time. I was exiting a building facing north and got these two shots with my cell phone.
People going on about their business, nothing was on TV in the place I was just leaving, nothing on radio, etc.,...but there this baby was "spinnin away" in the sky.
I sent these pics into a local TV station "weatherwatcher" web portal and to my surprise one picture made the 5pm news...and it was explained as a "upper level cold air vortice" of no basic consequence, or a 'jet condensate trail" affected by windshear.
Hey I ain't a weatherman, but I did grow up in Kansas and have seen a few spinnin' clouds ... I'm just sayin' :icon_eek:
Addenda: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410109109789023245/
"Cold-air funnel clouds (vortices) are usually short-lived and generally much weaker than the vortices produced by supercells. Although cold-air funnels rarely make ground contact, they may touch down briefly and become weak tornadoes or waterspouts."
The "weatherman" was right...but it still was a "funnel cloud" even if it was weak, there was NO warning the darn thing was around at all.
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Pittsburgh PA, May 2011.
The Cathedral of Learning, the iconic structure on the campus of University of Pittsburgh ("Pitt")
The view I wanted to capture myself since the Steelers won their first Superbowl...the football stadium (now gone) named for the confluence of the Monongahela (sp?), Allegheney, and Ohio rivers?
The Cathedral of Learning, the iconic structure on the campus of University of Pittsburgh ("Pitt")
The view I wanted to capture myself since the Steelers won their first Superbowl...the football stadium (now gone) named for the confluence of the Monongahela (sp?), Allegheney, and Ohio rivers?
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
After a frosty night
Just waiting for the storm
Just waiting for the storm
maybe some more folks will join in with cool stuff they have snapped...they are just thinking it over :eusa_angel:.
i am certain more amazing things are out there. we'll see how it goes...heck there's new stuff yet to be taken that will come up too in time, right?
January 2014, Hwy 402 between Sarnia and London Ontario Canada, heading east. Temperature minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit.
A "vertical' rainbow.
I was bad..shouldnt have been driving and taking pictures..but I never saw such a thing in my whole life. Low sun angle, ice crystals low to ground, little wind...and viola.
Apparently the vertical rainbows are relatively rare but I didnt know of such a thing even existed...and I'm pretty old and read a lot. :icon_smile:
A "vertical' rainbow.
I was bad..shouldnt have been driving and taking pictures..but I never saw such a thing in my whole life. Low sun angle, ice crystals low to ground, little wind...and viola.
Apparently the vertical rainbows are relatively rare but I didnt know of such a thing even existed...and I'm pretty old and read a lot. :icon_smile:
always one or two in every crowd...just like people :eusa_angel:
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Cape Mears lighthouse, OR
Long Beach, WA
Vancouver Island, just outside Victoria
Long Beach, WA
Vancouver Island, just outside Victoria
Knebel
Senior Member
Beacon Rock trail, Oregon
Mt. Hood, Oregon
Mt. Hood, Oregon
And what is Finland without a pic of the famous (or infamous) Lapland... Actually those hills may belong to Norway, we were very close to the border when the pictures were taken. Well, it's Lapland anyway, no matter which country claims to own it! lol
The rest of Taliesin West... built in 1937. FLW used native rocks (collected from within a few miles of where he built the house) because he wanted it to blend in to is surroundings.
Check out some of the furniture and wall decorations...all FLW designs too.
Check out some of the furniture and wall decorations...all FLW designs too.
yes, there apparently was a Taliesin "East"...FLW's summer home in Wisconsin.
Anyway, the last of the Taliesin West AZ home. The tour finished in an acoustically "perfect" room where the slightest whisper from the back (some 40 feet away from the front) could easily be heard. I dont have pics of it but it was cool too.
this dragon below has significance but i cannot remember...
the statue (middle of photo) below has relevance too...but I also cannot recall what
a native american/spanish bell features FLW liked below, so he combined them and put it on his house
Anyway, the last of the Taliesin West AZ home. The tour finished in an acoustically "perfect" room where the slightest whisper from the back (some 40 feet away from the front) could easily be heard. I dont have pics of it but it was cool too.
this dragon below has significance but i cannot remember...
the statue (middle of photo) below has relevance too...but I also cannot recall what
a native american/spanish bell features FLW liked below, so he combined them and put it on his house
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
The same place in 1984
Around Crescent City, CA in the redwood forest
And in Banff National Park
