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weather01fatamorgana Fatamorgana - This is a cool weather effect that occurs in the Arctic and Antarctic. You can vaguely see this occurrence at the horizon of the photo. Temperature inversions near the ground cause an almost mirror image of the actual land surface above the inversion. It also can distort objects in many ways. The best one I saw while I was down there in McMurdo was while heading out to the Ice Runway. The C-130 fuselages had actually disappeared because of the inversion. The only thing on the planes that was visible was the upper part of the tails. Also the radar dome that the air traffic controllers use is usually round, but on this day it was an egg shape. weather01fatamorgana
weather02acsl Altocumulus Clouds - These are lenticular clouds that indicate turbulence in mountainous regions. weather02acsl
weather03mecold -58 Degrees F - A photo of me at Williams Field in Antarctica on a day the temperature out there was -58 F. weather03mecold
weather04temptrace This is the temperature trace in McMurdo at the same time of the previous photo. The temperature fell 14 degrees F in 6 minutes! It fell to -46.3 F during a bit of ice fog. weather04temptrace
weather05 This and the next three pictures are ones that I took while trying to practice taking pictures of lightning. This one looks like it is going through my buddy's house across the street back home in Pittsburgh. weather05
weather06 The second lightning photo. weather06
weather07 The third lightning photo. weather07
weather08GISnow Snow at the GI - It's real nice when it snows up by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Before the construction of a new road and utilidor was put in, there was a cool distance marking sign in front of the Geophysical Institute/International Arctic Research Center complex that the snow is falling on in this photo. weather08GISnow
weather09sundogs Sundogs - The GI, as it is called, is located on a ridge for a great view of the Fairbanks area. This photo was taken on December 30, 2002 as there was a fog bank over the Tanana River valley. The fog created the sun dogs and sun pillar. The photo looks blurry, but is only because of the fog. weather09sundogs
weather10PB152895SunDogs111503 Another Sundog - This sundogs where taken on November 15, 2003 as I was at the Natural Science Building working on my project for a class. weather10PB152895SunDogs111503
weather11PB152896SunDogs2111503 This is a close-up of the previous photo. weather11PB152896SunDogs2111503
weather12P2053397 Alaska Fatamorgana - Took a couple images of this cool phenomena after coming from class the one day. weather12P2053397
weather13panoramic1 I also got two decent panoramic shots as well. weather13panoramic1
weather14panoramic2 The next panoramic. weather14panoramic2
weather15P6123737 Mountain Waves - Taken from a plane over Alaska. weather15P6123737
weather16P6123748 Glory - Seen over Alaska. This is created by sunlight refracting around an object - in this case the plane- and creates a halo type look. weather16P6123748
weather17P6123751 Wavy Cirrus - seen over Canada from a plane. weather17P6123751
weather18P6154200 Cumulonimbus Cloud - Thunderstorm cloud seen near Fairbanks from a plane. weather18P6154200
weather19P6154209 The same cumulonimbus cloud a little later... weather19P6154209
weather20P6154211 ...and another... weather20P6154211
weather21P6154212 ...and a closer view... weather21P6154212
weather22P6154213 ...and this one with some showers falling from it. weather22P6154213
weather23P7174631 Low Level Cumulus Clouds - These were seen forming on the southeastern side of Mt. Cleveland in July 2004. weather23P7174631
weather24P7214780 Classic Hooked Cirrus - Otherwise known as Cirrus Uncinus, these were seen over the dormant eastern part of Chuginadak Island, Alaska in July 2004. weather24P7214780
weather25P8015104 Chaotic Weather Clouds - Rough weather clouds seen over Kagamil Island (left) and Chuginadak Island (right) in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in August 2004. weather25P8015104
weather26P3266848 My first attempt at trying to capture a halo around the sun created by the cirrostratus clouds. weather26P3266848
weather26P6100122 On June 10, 2005 there was a great storm that hit Fairbanks. Here is the first of five lightning strikes that I managed to capture. I took about 70 or so photos just to capture 5 strikes. Thanks goodness for digital cameras. weather26P6100122
weather27P6100132 The second strike... weather27P6100132
weather28P6100149 ...the third strike was fading away when I captured it. weather28P6100149
weather29P6100157 Some of the banding in the cloud base was pretty cool. weather29P6100157
weather30P6100158 The fourth strike... weather30P6100158
weather31P6100166 ...and possibly the best one of all (though the rest of the photo is blurry). This one actually displays where the strike either originated from, or where the strike came up from the ground to meet the cloud base. weather31P6100166
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