Cloud Lovers, Unite!

At The Cloud Appreciation Society we love clouds, we’re not ashamed to say it and we’ve had enough of people moaning about them. Read our manifesto and see how we are fighting the banality of ‘blue-sky thinking’. If you agree with what we stand for, then join the society for a minimal postage and administration fee and receive your very own official membership certificate and badge.

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Cloud News We have chosen the Cloud of the Month for January

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…and it’s a beauty. Not only does Ryan Verwest’s photograph show one of our favourite cloud types, the lenticularis cloud, it also shows the beautiful rainbow colours that can result from the sunlight passing through a cloud’s edges. Not all …read more…


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Cloud News Kelvin Helmholtz Clouds Hit the Headlines

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Frequent visitors to the society Cloud Gallery will be familiar with the beautiful and dramatic ‘Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds’, which look like a series of breaking waves and often appear in a line of beautiful vortices. Normally, these formations are spotted amongst …read more…


Santa flies in over Texas, US, towed along by his cloudy reindeer

Cloud News Happy Christmas from The Cloud Appreciation Society

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We would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to all our members – both old and new. And to get you in the mood, we’ve picked out a few festive clouds that look things from the society photography gallery:


Cloud of the Month for December: a nice bit of Cirrus

Cloud News December’s Cloud of the Month

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After a long absence from the website, we have now reinstated our Cloud of the Month. This is where, each month, we simply choose our favourite cloud photograph from the society’s amazing photo gallery. The Cloud of the Month for …read more…


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Cloud News The Clouds Harp Quartet

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Esther Swift, leader of the Clouds Harp Quartet recently contacted us as she has written and recorded a five movement piece entitled ‘Clouds’for the harp quartet. They recently completed their first UK tour to promote this, their debut CD, and …read more…