Massimiliano Squadroni, continues his project “The Sunrise from Alps to Apennines” and this timelapse was filmed over Frontignano, Belvedere at 1650m on 3 November this year (Apennines, Monti Sibillini, Italy). He told us he would also like to start an appeal to save the glaciers.
Category: Cloud Videos
Clouds never stay still. They’re in a state of perpetual transition, mutating from one form to another. This ephemeral, ever-changing quality is part of their beauty. If you have time-lapse video of clouds for this page, upload it to a video hosting site like Vimeo or YouTube and send us a link.
Michael Menger, Member 16,382 was able to observe clouds at their own height 500 m above the Atlantic on the southwest coast of Madeira. He told us “it was a stunning spectacle at sunset which left me with mouth agape”.
Eileen Hennemann, Member 27,616 was extraordinarily lucky to have her camera ready to video these Asperitas clouds over Ontario, Canada on 6th October 2024. She says “We dashed outside to see a narrow swatch of storm clouds that had creeped up from the US midwest and actually accelerated through our area.”
Massimiliano Squadroni sent us part of his project “the sunrise from alps to apennines”. He told us that he wants to use his videos to launch an appeal to save the glaciers.
Tineke Flowers, Member 54,145 recently came across this video of massive shelf clouds stretching across Lake Michigan early on 25th June 2024.
Calvin Grover sent us a compilation of his cloud timelapse videos which he has called “After the Rain”
Arndt Schnable recently came across this video, “Skydiving 4500 m Cumulus-GoPro 5”, which was made by Marcin Kobylecki. What a great view of the clouds, both inside and out.
Massimiliano Squadroni, shared this recent timelapse that was filmed from Monte Rosa, Alps, Italy. It was created on 12th September 2022 using the timelapse technique with solar powered web cameras.
Sara Blumenstein, Member 24,936, spotted this video of a rare angle of funnel cloud spiralling into the sky on the abc7NY YouTube channel. It was captured by a resident from Kansas.
Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney took part in a documentary, “The Human Weather”, that went out earlier this year. It was produced by Choi, Pyeongsoon, Program Director of Documentary at Korea Educational Broadcasting System.
Rebecca Hosking, an Australian photographer, filmed this timelapse video along the Great Ocean Road, Fairhaven, in Victoria, Australia.
Gary McArthur, Member 5,353, made a short video clip of a Glory + Cloudbow captured from his aircraft in Tasmania on 4 June 2023. The image width is about 80 degrees.
Gary McArthur, Member 5,353, sent us this timelapse of mesmerising patterns produced by an upper altocumulus floccus layer projecting shadows onto a lower layer of Altocumulus stratiformis . It was captured from his home in Tasmania, Australia in February of this year.
In September of last year, George Preoteasa, Member 41,445, travelled to Whitehorse, Yukon. Although the aurora was the main attraction, he found that the Yukon is stunning.
He told us: “as you know, I take timelapse pictures and turn them into movies, so of course I have one from this trip. The aurora was let’s say, subdued, not as powerful as when we were in Yellowknife, but I managed to get some reasonably good clips, I think. What I really like about them is how the clouds roll in and cross over”.
Gary McArthur, Member 5,353, told us he was very lucky to capture this Horseshoe Vortex from an altitude of 4,700ft just south of Wynyard, on the Tasmanian NW Coast
Jurene Phaneuf, Member 45,173 , sent us the link to Mike Olbinski’s video “Shadows in the Sky”. The images are mesmerising and the accompanying music very atmospheric.
Massimiliano Squadroni has sent us this new timelapse taken of clouds over
Frontignano, Ussita, Italy on 23rd November 2023
Massimilianoiano Sqadroni recently shared this spectacular “Time-lapse of Castelluccio di Norcia – February 2020”
Roelof van der Schaaf, Member 30,007, recently sent us his timelapse of a sunset in Franeker, Friesland in the Netherlands.
George Preoteasa, Member 41,445, sent in his timelapse video of the recent annular eclipse. He told us, “I was in Mexican Hat, Utah, which was on the centerline. It’s hard to capture the feeling in a movie or pictures, given that you have to use a solar filter most of the time, so you have to make a composite. But I tried”.
Phil Behnke told us about surfing the Morning Glory cloud as a glider pilot and shared with us this video of cloud surfing by fellow pilot and professional photographer Al Sim.
Takashi Usui sent us his recent timelapse videos of clouds over Japan accompanied by some gentle music
Jurene Phaneuf, Member 45,173, saw this video by Adrian De Lisle of fog flowing around Vancouver at Sunrise and felt we’d all enjoy the scene.
Cloud enthusiast Brian Matheson sent us his timelapse video filmed between 8.30pm-9.45pm on 30th July 2023 over the River Clyde, Scotland.
Sean Liang, Member 60,565 sent us his recent timelapse video of cumulus clouds forming and disappearing over a beautiful canola field. It was filmed in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
Stefano Poli, Member 28,222, filmed this Kelvin-Helmholtz formation over Mount Grem in the Orobic Alps, Italy
The Morning Glory cloud is a roll cloud in Australia that gliders surf…
Massimiliano Squadroni has sent the latest time-lapse video “Sunrise and Sunset, from Alps to Apennines” that was filmed on 2nd April 2023.
George Preoteasa, Member 41,445, joined us on our 2022 Sky Holiday to Canada to see the Northern Lights. On his last night he set up a camera by the lake taking time-lapse pictures for 6 hours from 10pm. The film is about 4 minutes long and ends with clouds rolling in, while the aurora green is still the dominant light.
Rebecca Hosking, an Australian photographer, has shared a second timelapse video of the ocean cloud scape along the Great Ocean Road, Fairhaven, in Victoria, Australia.
Massimiliano Squadroni has sent the latest time-lapse video. He told us “it’s a journey above the clouds that begins at the snow-covered Gavia Pass, rises to the peaks of Monte Rosa, bivouac in front of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo illuminated by the first light of day, flies over the Auronzo valley and the Sella Pass, the clouds are colored like in an aurora, the Apennines, the mists of Pian Grande hide what remains of the town of Castelluccio”.
Julie Schaeffer, Member 59,332 lives on Marshy Creek in Grasonville, MD. She created this relaxing video with images of different clouds and quotations.
Sandro Lecca (Member 58,283), who is based in Sardinia, Italy, has put together a compilation of classic cloud-themed scenes from the world of cinema. Including clips from directors like Arnold Fanck in the 1920s, Sergei Eisenstein in the 1930s, Roberto Rossellini in the 1950s right up to those of the modern day, ‘Cinema e Nuvole’ is Sandro’s homage to the sky in movies. You’ll find the sources of the clips he featured listed at the end.
Videographer, Gregory Volkov sent in this video capturing the sunset after a storm in Sarasota Florida, 2018.
Massimilano Squadroni sent us his latest timelapse “Sunrise and Moon”. It was filmed on 13th July 2022 at Osservatorio Capanna Regina Margherita, a mountain hut belonging to the Italian Alpine Club located on the summit of Punta Gnifetti of Monte Rose near the border between Italy and Switzerland. He told us “The moon sets in the sea of clouds, the climbers leave the hut, bright spots along the way back, the sunrise from Punta Gnifetti is a unique emotion”
Cumulonimbus storm clouds spotted over the Atlantic Ocean by astronauts aboard the ISS…
We went to visit landscape artist James Lynch (Member 51,188) in his studio in Somerset, England to learn about the skies he includes in his paintings, and how they are informed by his passion as a paraglider pilot. You can see more work on James Lynch’s website.
Massimiliano Squadroni, shared this timelapse of the formation of a supercell on Saturday 28 May, which affected the Vercelli area in north Italy with violent rain, hail and gusts of wind.
The storm system is seen from the terrace of Capanna Gnifetti 3647, Monte Rosa, Italy
Rebecca Marr (member 7,548) shared this video by the American socially engaged artist Matthew Mazotta, of his CLOUD HOUSE in Springfield, MO.
Gary Yost, member 56,542, has recently completed a new project about clouds in the Western USA.