An Unusual Sight

Called a fall streak, this is a phenomenon that many don’t often get to see. It is caused by a combination of ice crystals and jet travel that disturbs the flow of air. While I took this picture toward the end of last December, it was still very mild out, but apparently colder in the upper atmosphere.

This one shows the right edge of the fall streak. I was attempting to show how the entire sky had a unique cloud texture. The fall streak was visible for well over an hour and traveled from West to East before finally dissipating. Fall streaks are also called Hole clouds, Punch Hole clouds or Hole Punch clouds. Read more about them over here.

Sunset

I spent over half an hour last night twirling around in the middle of the hayfield in front of our house getting eaten by mosquitoes taking pictures. None of them do justice to the actual beauty, but I had fun doing the panoramas. And that big funnel shaped cloud was pretty awesome. Click on the picture to see them all.

Clouds

Yet more clouds. Most of these were taken from our yard on Doe Run, and mostly close to sunset. Our house faces west, so the porch gives us an unobstructed view of some spectacular sunsets. Click the picture to view the Picasa album.