Camera-less Skies from Memory

Mid-day sky.  Not a single cloud in this quadrant. Looking directly upwards.

A gray overcast morning.  Lawn mowers are beginning to sound. 7 am.

Smog. A summer day warming.  Did you want to go down to the beach to get out of this?

Chased a Sunrise Down to the Corner ~ Pasadena, Calif.

 I saw it developing from the pre-dawn window;  a sunrise with interest. There is no real vantage for me to take a photo of the sky near the horizon without the trees and city hardware in the way.  After making coffee the sky was glowing red insisting I come out a play. Found some openings partially obscuring the sunrise, but at the corner all manner of obstructions presented itself. Got a composition with the old street lights and the silhouettes of palm and the rest, as cars were beginning to pick up the numbers for the workday commute.  In a matter of just a few minutes the clouds began to give up red for yellows, and the street lights had enough good sense to call it a night.   Jim Staub 

More Clouds at Caltech

The architecture at Pasadena's California Institute of Technology, with some clouds thrown in for good measure.

 One of the oldest buildings on the campus is from the mid 1920's. The Robinson Astrophysics Bldg. ( shown above in 2006 on a summer mid-day ) is now Robinson-Linde as of 2011, and is home to environmental science research.  The domes were once used for solar telescopes. The other building shown here is the Eli Broad Biology Center. The photo on left was taken in 2006 on a late afternoon. The Broad was fairly new, and was settling into it's place at the institute.

Clouds from a Caltech Roof ~ March, 2010

Scattered Clouds ~ Pasadena, Calif. June, 2009

Clouds from California Institute of Technology looking North

Beckman Auditorium ~ September, 2007

Skyward at Sunset ~ Pasadena, Calif. September, 2007

Morning Clouds from Pasadena - Dec. 2011