I love this picture. A small iPhone Pano shot taken just south of Sunriver, Oregon over this past weekend. It's called being in the right place at the right time! And all around me this summer, I've seen beautiful skies in Oregon & Washington. I bet you have, too. Here are a few more … [Read more...]
The Story Behind Our Intense Sunrise And Sunset Colors
Oooh, ahhh. Wow. That's one red sunset. Darlisa snapped this picture in the Gorge Monday night September 24, 2012. Honestly, the sunrise at my house that same morning was almost as red. Not quite--but almost. And it caught the eyes of the entire family. Even the kids stopped playing Legos … [Read more...]
Live Blogging From 36,000′
I know the headline says 36,000' - but maybe we're at 34,000' and the other guys are at 36,000'. You can see in this first picture that someone's flying higher than us! We just flew under a contrail--the ice cloud jets leave behind as they criss-cross the sky. Kind of cool to see one so close. I'm … [Read more...]
Ice Clouds Put On A Show In Northwest Skies
A Ring around the sun. Rainbow colored clouds. Wednesday May 16, 2012 was one of those days over Oregon and Washington. Carrie, on my facebook weather page, posted this: "As we were driving, my 6 year old started saying that there were rainbows in the clouds. I thought he was making it … [Read more...]
Super Moon Above Portland
Did you see the Super Moon on Saturday night May 5, 2012? Ray Walton did and he snapped this shot. Nice! It really did seem much brighter (super bright!) than a typical full morn. See yesterday's post for what else makes the Super Moon so super! … [Read more...]
Sunsets Later Than 8pm – How Many We’ll Have This Year
It's official...the sun is now setting just after 8pm in Portland, Vancouver, Salem & along the coast. I love this time of year for that reason. Although I hate squandering all this daylight on days in the 50s like we did on April 17th! Portland's Late, Later and Latest … [Read more...]