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Here are some of my photos that I have taken. Click a thumbnail to view a larger size of a photo. All photos are copyright.
Thunderstorms & Lightning
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| This was taken from north of Huntly, in the Waikato, NZ. | This was also taken from north of Huntly a short while later. Cloud growth was very fast. | This storm cell developed while we were watching it, near Hamilton. | This was a severe-warned storm near Karapiro. Later it deluged Cambridge and Matangi. |
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| Another pic of the storm near Karapiro. Very nice structure. | The Karapiro was temporarily storm lit up by the setting sun. | Taken from Howick, view of the thunderstorm west of here. | The Auckland storm affected mainly southern and central areas. |
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| Another view of the Auckland storm. | This congestus tower beside the storm was showing rapid growth. | This is a still image taken from a video clip of the storm at Cambridge. | Another still image of purple sky during a lightning flash on the way to Cambridge. |
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| A still image from a clip of the Auckland storm, shot from Howick. | Another CG from the Auckland storm. | Another CG lightning strike from the Auckland storm. | A CG strike from a Spring 2007 storm over Auckland. |
Cumulus, Cumulonimbus, Mammatus
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| A small cumulus cloud. | A larger cumulus cloud, developing into a congestus tower. | Cumulus congestus with a Pileus cloud (smooth cap). | Cumulonimbus cloud with anvil. |
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| Cumulonimbus at sunset. | Very Large Cumulonimbus. Lightning Active. | Cumulonimbus clouds gathering on an unstable Spring day. | Anvil of a cumulonimbus. Some mammatus formations showing. |
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| Mammatus. | Another shot of mammatus. | Mammatus on a mature thunderstorm. | More mammatus on the same storm as previous photo. |
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| The same storm later that day. | Another shot of mammatus. | Mammatus associated with a thunderstorm. | Zoomed in on the same storm as previous photo. |
Other Clouds
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| Cirrocumulus clouds, perhaps some altocumulus in there too. | Cirrus formations. | Altocumulus clouds. | Thicker Altocumulus. |
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| Altostratus clouds. | More altocumulus! | Some interesting ripples in the cirrus layer. | Another interesting cloud display here. |
Sunsets
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| Sunset, 23 Jan 2006. | Sunset, 23 Jan 2006. | Sunset, 20 Feb 2006. | Sunset, 5 May 2006. |
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| Sunset, 8 May 2007. | Sunset, 28 Jan 2006. | Sunset, 29 Jan 2006. | Sunset, 29 Jan 2006. |
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| Sunset, 31 Jan 2006. | Sunset, 5 Apr 2008. | Sunset, 8 Apr 2008. | Sunset, 12 Dec 2009. |
Local Beaches
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| Bucklands Beach | Bucklands Beach | Eastern Beach | Eastern Beach |
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| Rangitoto, Auckland's youngest volcanic cone, viewed from the north end of Bucklands Beach | Browns Island viewed from the north end of Bucklands Beach | Looking across the water towards Mt Wellington, from Bucklands Beach | Eastern Beach on a sunny morning in early spring |