You’re a lucky kid if your parents passed on their love for clouds to you, as Rex Nelson’s did. These stills are mostly from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and around his home in Westminster, Colorado. Fair warning – some of these clouds don’t look real. There is an iridescent cloud at 2:48 – the surreal effect happened after Rex couldn’t get his camera to focus on the cloud itself, so he focused on the tree in the foreground. The clouds outside of Sedona, AZ at 3:18 were enough to make one believe in the vortices said to exist in that area. And at 5:00, the candy cane appearance of iridescent clouds over Longs Peak? Yes, it was real – View Rex’s video here

A gallery of Rex’s cloud photos can be found here – Rex Nelson’s Cloud Photos