Blood Moon

Some pics of last night's event.

Half way to total eclipse.

Within a minute the clouds rolled in.

During the time it was total, the clouds opened up again for a clear view.

Almost there.

Complete.

Afterward, it clouded up again so I couldn't get any pics on the way out.

Sky Shot Thursday - 12/24/09

I hoped to get an interesting cloud shot this morning, but the sky is a uniform steel gray overcast today.  Took this one, catching the last few stragling leaves of autumn, in my back yard on 11/26/09.

Sky Shot Thursday - 12/17

Streaky-looking clouds. Taken 10-ish this morning in my front yard, looking approximately West.  Became progressively more overcast afterwords.
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Sky Shot Thursday - 12/10

Two views of the early morning sky from a turnpike plaza in Ohio.

Looking East- Southeast into the post-sunrise sky on 11/30/09 at 8:49 a.m.

Then, looking Northwest, across the turnpike, at the same time.

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Sky Shot Thursday 12/03

Virginia Lighthouse

Stands stark against the deep blue
Of sky and ocean.

Photo and haiku copyright JazzBumpa.  All rights reserved.
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Sky Shot Thursday - 11/26

No one sees the clouds

Hovering over the field:

All eyes on the ball.

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Sky Shot Thursday

Splashes of color

Amidst the high clouds, shining

Ice crystals perhaps refract

 
This unusual meterological display was captured while looking approximately South on the afternoon of August 12, 2008 at Cold Water Lake, Michigan.  Note the small splash of blue-green to the right, as counterpoint to the pink and orange on the left.

Update:
Thanks to Eddie B for this information.  This phenomenon is properly called a Circumhorizontal arc, or more casually, a fire rainbow.  Wikipedia has a good article on the subject, with some nice pix included.  It is a high atmosphere event, indeed caused by light refraction of ice crystals in a specific orientation. Here is a magnificent example.
Update 2, midnight-ish:
Last word of the haiku changed.

Sky Shot Thursday

Here the sky, which is not very impressive, serves as background for a spider who is!

Taken in Virginia, October, 2007.

Deep Stupid #10

Great moments in Tea bagging.  Remember what S. E. told us, it's the Democrats who are the modern racists!

With a hat tip to Michael in comments at Duck and Cover.

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Sky Shot Thursday

Mackerel sky, also known as sheep clouds, or buttermilk sky.   Near Toledo, OH, taken Oct 11, 2009.