Flight Home: Clouds,Smog, Ice Sheet

 Clouds (and brown haze) over Zurich Switzerland

 The coast of Iceland near Reykavik is actually tinged green from moss and plants.

The three shot series below shows the Greenland ice sheet.  First is an approach from the east, with drainage into fjords that flow southeast - and still have icebergs floating in them.  The middle picture depicts the central part of the Greenland ice sheet, with mountaintops sticking up above the massive glacier.  The last shot is heading off the coast of Greenland, where drainage fjords are now flowing southwest from the ice sheet toward the sea.

Approach to New York along the south shore of Long Island, the sunset and pollution combine to create a yellow-brown glow.

Evening Sky Rose and Blue with Storm Clouds Forming

The clouds above form when tornado, storm or extreme weather conditions are present.
They are named Mammatus or Breast Clouds but I call them Baby Bottom Clouds.
To find out more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud

Full Moon in June

Sky and Trees, May 2013 Philadelphia

 Maple left, oak center, and pine to the right.

Below, river birches with oak in flower in the background.

Tulip poplars above.  

The weather veers between extreme hot and cold, with lots of wind and storms.

Sunrise on the First Spring Day

Where We Live I

Where We Live II

Nothing Gold Can Stay....

Nothing Gold Can Stay

  Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour,

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

There are many Witch Hazels in the garden; blooming late in the fall & early in spring.

These are spring blooming hybrids of Chinese and Japanese species:  Hamamelis x intermedia taken at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia.  They show along the way how March can veer wildly from winter to spring - and back.

Winter Light and Color in March

Winter colors:  white, grey, blue, black, a little green.

Spring Color and Work in March

Red maples and red robin against blue sky.