Clouds First | Kelsie Kerr

This picture was taken on Independence Pass and is of clouds over Rinker Peak outside of Twin Lakes, Colorado. It was taken with a Sony A7III at 9:35 am on October 1st. The clouds seem to be stratus and altostratus.

Below is the Skew-T chart from Grand Junction from the same date the image was taken.

See report here:

A MAPP torch flame is blue with chemiluminescence. It impinges on a chromed bolt, releasing particles that glow with thermal emission in the wake.

Snow quenches particles ejected from spinning burning steel wool. Inspired by Mike Mikkelson.

A time-exposure of a candle floating down Boulder Creek in an ice cube.

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability develops in a tilted tank of stratified fluids

Vortexes roll up as the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability develops in a tilted tank of stratified fluids

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability develops in a tilted tank of stratified fluids

Vortices roll up as the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability forms in a tilted 2 meter long tank of dyed stratified salt water.

Wet sponge impact on a human face in slow motion.

Four gold coins falling through water shed paint and entrained air, in a metaphor for the value of water as a resource.

Water streaming from a spinning open cell sponge forms spiral trails.