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Today's Cloud-a-Day

Thursday 28th March 2024

Mount Hood is an active stratovolcano located some 50 miles (80 km) east of Portland, Oregon, US. There’s a 3-7% chance of it erupting in the next 30 years, according to the US Geological Survey. At first glance, you may think Stacey Valla…

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 Music
This lovely Earth movie combines heart-felt Bach music ...
Cloud Art
Sheila Finch, an award winning artist, shared one ...
Cloud Poetry
Paul Davies, Member 28,330. wrote this descriptive piece ...
Cloud Art
This piece is called "Coming Storm" and was ...

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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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News

Prehistoric Art of the Colorado Plateau: It’s All About Clouds!

The prehistoric peoples of the Colorado Plateau in the southwest United States knew a thing or two about clouds. And they shared their knowledge in the form of ‘cloud beings’ drawn and carved onto rocks that are still visible today...

“Something About the Sky” – Rachel Carson, Nikki McClure

This beautiful book about clouds by Nikki McClure is about the imagery she used to bring to life a long-forgotten television script by Rachel Carson, ‘Something About the Sky’ which aired on March 11, 1956.  Nikki approached Rachel Carson’s estate and they granted permission for her to illustrate and publish the script.  She explains that […]

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 […]