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Today's Cloud-a-Day
Wednesday 21st June 2023
Linda Seward (Member 48,760) was attending a conference of the British Mycological Society, which is a bit like CAS but for fungi, in Nantlle, Gwynedd, Wales. While there, she looked up from studying mushrooms on the ground to see this Cum…
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June 2023
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Memory Cloud Atlas
On Cloud Appreciation Day 2022 we launched our Memory Cloud Atlas, a website where cloudspotters around the world could, on one day only, share their views of the sky and say how it makes them feel. We think the results are amazing...
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A Cloud A Day is our beautifully illustrated book containing 365 skies selected by the Cloud Appreciation Society. It includes photographs by our members from around the world of stunning and fascinating formations, as well as examples of clouds depicted by great artists and even formations in Space, such as interstellar clouds and those on other planets. This is the ultimate dip-in-and-out book for sky lovers. Each image is accompanied by an enlightening explanation, a revealing snippet of cloud science, a surprising story or an uplifting quotation. Each entry will teach you about the sky in a fun and uplifting way.
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