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Beautiful Lombard sunset

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Joan Knight sent us this a gorgeous sunset picture taken in Lombard this past Friday the Nov. 13th. Wow, what a great shot!

Thanks Joan!

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Photo courtesy of Joan Knight, Lombard, Illinois


Rain gauge made by 2nd grader Kyle Leonard as a school project

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Check this out! David Leonard sends us these shots of a rain gauge produced by his 2nd grade son Kyle as part of his science curriculum. Kyle's teacher is Mrs. Durkin of Willow Creek School in Woodridge, Illinois and provided him the instructions on how to make the
instrument. Leonard writes:

" It was pretty cool to see how a seven year old went about the process of creating this rain gauge. The pop bottle cut off at the top and inverted to serve as a rain collector, water was filled to a certain level to compensate for the different shape at the bottom and the placement of the ruler at the water level. His measurement of the rain received last night was approx. 0.5 cm."

Very cool indeed--and congratulations Kyle on a job well done!

Tom Skilling
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Photos courtesy of David Leonard, Woodridge, Illinois


Friday night's gorgeous sunset over Bensenville

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Thanks to Daniel Giampaolo for sending this photo of Friday's sunset to us from Bensenville!  Beautiful shot, Daniel!
 
Tom Skilling
 

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Photo courtesy of Daniel Giampaolo, Bensenville, Ilinois

This squirrel is carving his own pumpkin

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Darryl Angelico of Northbrook sends us this shot of a squirrel having fun with this pumpkin---perhaps doing a little carving while enjoy his/her version of pumpkin pie!

Terrific photo, Darryl!  THANKS for sharing it with us!
 
Tom Skilling

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Photo courtesy of Darryl Angelico, Northbrook, IL
 


Gorgeous late October sunset in Evanston

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Judy Thorpe shares photos of the incredibly beautiful sunset which took place October 30 of this year. The colors of these mammatus clouds is nothing short of breathtaking. Judy tells us:

" The organization of the clouds reminded me of standing waves from college physics. What causes such a pattern in clouds to develop, and the intense color?"

It's an interesting observation, Judy--and a great question. Mammatus clouds are most often found on the underside of a thunderstorm anvil. They signal the presence of turbulent winds at and near cloud level. THANKS for sharing these with us!

Tom Skilling

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Photos courtesy of Judy Thorpe, south Evanston, Illinois

Sunset in Mount Prospect on Friday night

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Jay Kleeman sends us these beautiful photos of sunset Friday night as seen from Mount Prospect. Thank you Jay for sharing these pictures with us!

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Photos courtesy of Jay Kleeman


Gorgeous Wisconsin sunrise Thursday morning

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John H. Kloch shares his beautiful photo of Thursday morning's sunrise taken on Cary Bluff just east of Lindsey, Wisconsin--which is south of Marshfield.  What a terrific shot!  THANKS John!

Tom Skilling

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Photo courtesy of John H. Kloch, Cary Bluff, Wisconsin

 

Beautiful Thursday evening sunset in Illinois

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Sheldon Faworski sent us this picture of Thursday evening's gorgeous sunset in Elizabeth, Illinois. Sheldon tells us he shot this at 4:50 p.m.

Thanks Sheldon!

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Photo courtesy of Sheldon Faworski, Elizabeth, Illinois.


Beautiful Chicago area sunsets

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Check out these pictures!

Bridget Soraghan from Schererville sent us this great sundown picture. She says:

"as the sun was going down it turned pink outside, and I thought I would capture this amazing sunset!'

Amazing indeed! Thanks for the great shot!

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Photo courtesy of: Bridget Soraghan, Schererville, Indiana



Amanda Faber sent us these shots from Peotone:
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Photo courtesy of Amanda Faber, Peotone, IL




Carolyn Szepanski from from Whiting sent us these:
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Photo courtesy of Carolyn Szepanski, Whiting, Indiana.






Unusual cloud formation this past Sunday over Clifton, Illinois

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Tim Anderson of Clifton, Illinois snapped this photo in his backyard on Sunday (10/9/2009) and e-mails asking, "What causes this weird arrangement?" Weird indeed.  What a fascinating shot. 

It appears the fuzzy clouds in the midst of the three openings in the altocumulus clouds which cover most of the sky mark areas in which air is ascending. Offsetting subsidence appears to be occurring around each of the fuzzy-looking altostratus clouds in the midst of each of the three openings in the clouds as evidenced by the clear patches around the periphery of each of these altostratus. Clouds evaporate in areas of sinking air; conversely, regions of rising air are areas in which the ascending air is cooling and clouds develop when the cooling takes the air to saturation.  Great shot, Tim!  THANKS for sharing it with us!
 
Tom Skilling

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