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Hurricane Irene Virginia Beach, Virginia

William Coyle — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:56:52 +0000

We were lucky in the Hampton Roads area, hurricane Irene could have been far worse then it was. After my chase with the storm hurricane Isabel was much more destructive to our area and a large swath of the East Coast. Most of the time I like to be at land fall during a hurricane but since the eyewalls path was ploted over the area I live in, I made the choice to stay local and look over my family and property. I have posted a video that shows what I saw in my travels in Virginia Beach and Sandbridge area that took a big hit from a waterspout that came ashore and damged about five to six houses which is shown at the end of the video. It also has an interview with the man that lost his house from the damaging tornado/waterspout. I can tell you I will be cleaning sand out of my ears for a week or longer and if you stayed inside,, here is some footage of what you missed.

Lightning Virginia Beach Town Center July 23, 2011

William Coyle — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:10:42 +0000

I love a good storm, my love for photography started out with shooting photos of lightning. Last year and for the most part of this year have not yielded any good weather photos. I was very happy to walk away with some keepers last night and a photo which shows two step leaders coming off the top of The Westin which appears to be at least 100 feet high and a smaller one coming off the second largest building which is smaller but still visible. This is very rare to catch on camera. Here are a few lightning strikes from last nights storms in Virginia Beach…

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Sarun And Shaun’s Engagements Virginia Beach

William Coyle — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:42:03 +0000

Sarun and Shaun didn’t need to much assistance in posing for the camera. Its great when you can tell a couple to pretend were ( the photographers ) not here and everything else falls into place. We took the tour of the beaches and a little urban area to tie together some amazing photos. Nyah their beautiful daughter reminded me very much of Madison when she is at the beach collecting shells and looking for little crabs. Here are a few of my favorites from the session. I look forward to Sept 25th in Richmond and I mean come on, how cool is this couple having a limo pick me up, drive me around all day, and then back home…!!!

Moon Halo

William Coyle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:48:52 +0000

On December 1 ,2009, the moon was not its usual self. The moon came with an extra bonus and one that was very beautiful call a Moon Halo. Now I have seen these halos before but on this night it was very defined and even had color on the outer portion of the halo. A moon halo is a ring of light surrounding the moon. The halo is caused by light from the moon passing through ice crystals in high thin clouds. Usually, the light is reflected rather than scattered, which causes the ring to appear white. Sometimes, the light shining through the ice crystals is scattered and the rings are then colored. Often there is a bright white area immediately surrounding the moon that is edged with a colored ring. At other times, there is another larger ring outside of the first one and this one had a very faint one if you look closely.

Stars And Strikes

William Coyle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:35 +0000

There is nothing more I would rather do then sit and watch storms go up over the Chesapeake Bay and a nice blanket of stars as the backdrop. As I talked about on my last post storm season has been slow but Wednesday night provided storms that reported having waterspouts and micro burst that sent a tractor trailer crashing into the rails and almost over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel near the second island. The first photo shows a lightning strike close to the tunnel and a microburst of wind and rain to the right side of the photo. No more then 5 mins after this shot was taken fire trucks and rescue squads were racing to the second island where the accident took place. I am pretty sure the downburst of rain and wind caught the driver off guard as these situations happen without warning sometimes. I hope for more opportunities at this location before the season ends. I hope everyone enjoys the 4th with family and friends and please be safe out there.
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Conclusion To Wallops Island Rocket Launch

William Coyle — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:26:15 +0000

After three scrubs of the Minotaur 1 rocket with the TacSat-3 satellite at Wallops Island the fourth time was the ticket. The rocket took off around 7:55pm EST with a loud roar and a quick pace into orbit. I will fill in more details of the launch and video but right now its late and I have so much material to look at and process for this post. Here are a couple of unedited shots from tonight’s launch of the rocket..