Approaching Pacific Squall and Ocean Surf (1927)

A heavy, dark squall cloud hanging low over a flat ocean horizon with foaming white surf breaking along the shoreline. — Approaching Pacific Squall and Ocean Surf (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

An engineer's study in atmospheric pressure and marine weather, this striking 1927 negative by Donald A. Hall Sr. captures a dark, low-hanging storm front sweeping over the Pacific. His precise shutter timing caught the foaming crests of oncoming surf beneath ominous skies.