Photos: Snow Drifts, Sun Pillar, More

I want to quickly highlight some of the recent photos that have been uploaded to our Photo Gallery.

First, we have a new user named Ray who has uploaded dozens of high quality photos under the moniker naturesmasterpieces. He specializes in nature photos, including sunsets and lakes and his work is just incredible. See the highest rated photos from his gallery below or click to view the whole gallery. Ray says:

If you would like to contact Ray, let me know.

WeatherMatrix Member Kevin Skow, a.k.a. weatherbum (our top uploader, with over 300 photos online) uploaded a great set yesterday showing various wind-blown snow drifts in his home state of North Dakota.

He also captured a sun pillar. This effect is created when the sun's rays pass through ice crystals (more in-depth info on sun pillars). weatherbum's most recently uploaded photos are shown below; click here to see his entire gallery.

Speaking of optical effects, The Flow snapped a great corona picture after a long day of skiing last week. Coronae (not to be confused with the sun's outer atmosphere of the same name) form not unlike halos, as light diffuses through water or ice droplets (more in-depth info on coronae).

And last but not least, rjapp got this very unique shot of wind turbines in the fog last week in Canada: