23.3 C
New York
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Seen This Week: Sky and Water


Solar pillar at dawn, 11 January 2024, Pittsburgh (picture by Kate St. John)

13 January 2024

This week featured spectacular solar results and excessive water.

On 11 January I captured this picture of a solar pillar at dawn whereas Dave DiCello bought a fair higher shot from the West Finish Bridge.

Friday’s dawn was spectacular differently.

Spectacular dawn on 12 January 2024, Pittsburgh (picture by Kate St. John)

Tuesday 9 January produced the traditional Gleam at Sundown by which a day of thick cloud cowl ended with a niche on the western horizon and half-hour of solar. Right here’s what the hole seemed like simply after sundown from the roof deck of my constructing.

The Gleam at Sundown wanting west, 9 January 2024, Pittsburgh (picture by Kate St. John)

Twenty minutes earlier I had considered the gleam from under when it lit the tops of bushes and buildings … like this.

The Gleam at Sundown lights a treetop, 9 January 2024, Pittsburgh (picture by Kate St. John)

In the meantime we’re solely 13 days into January and have already had 2.24 inches of precipitation — 1.06 inches above regular for the month. All that water leads to the rivers so it’s no surprise that the Monongahela River was working excessive at Duck Hole on 11 January.

Some bushes are as much as their ankles in water alongside the Monongahela River at Duck Hole, 11 January 2024 (picture by Kate St. John)
Excessive water on the Monongahela River at Duck Hole, 11 January 2024 (picture by Kate St. John)

It was raining after I wakened this morning.



Related Articles

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Latest Articles