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Tuesday 19th March 2024

Larry Smith (Member 57,002) spotted a bright hole over the pine tree in the delicately textured cloud above his home in Plaquemine, Louisiana, US. It wasn’t the pine tree that made the hole. Most likely, it was caused by an aircraft climbi…

Cloud of the Month

March 2024

It’s this season’s ultimate in mountain fashion. Check out the cap cloud, which we feature as Cloud of the Month for March...

Recent Clouds Spotted

New from our Members

Cloud Art
This piece is called "Coming Storm" and was ...
Cloud Music
Don Hatfield, member 42,854, proposed 'Move the Clouds' ...
Cloud Videos
Gary McArthur, Member 5,353, sent us this timelapse ...
Cloud Poetry
Chris Tetley, Member 10,338, sent us this poem ...

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News

LUMINOSITY

Kathy Wilson, Member 58,037 recently told us about an exhibition by Andy Eccleshall entitled “Luminosity” that is showing at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery until 31st March 2024.  Andy was previously a muralist but is now focusing on cloud art and with pastoral landscapes to the far reaches of the sky, Luminosity spotlights his work. Read more […]
Thomas Hart Benton, Threshing, 1941 Lithograph (ed. of 250) 9 1/4 × 13 3/4 in (23.5 × 34.9 cm)

Cumulonebulous Exhibition

Cumulonebulous is an exhibition currently running until 23rd March 2024. It features works by Chris Dorland, Thomas Hart Benton, Jacob Jackmauh, Tim Lyons, Elbert Joseph Perez, Nora Maité Nieves, Rachel Rosheger, and Viktor Timofeev. Exhibition Preview Book a Viewing Appointment Image: Thomas Hart Benton, Threshing, 1941, Lithograph (ed. of 250), 9 1/4 × 13 3/4 […]

Cumulus Clouds Disappear During Solar Eclipses

A recent study has shown that Cumulus clouds begin to disappear during partial solar eclipses. The study, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment in early February 2024, used satellite cloud measurements from three solar eclipses between 2005 and 2016, and the results showed that Cumulus clouds over land began to dissipate when around […]