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.

Noctilucent season is here!

Noctilucent clouds are extremely high ice-crystal clouds that form up in the mesosphere, at altitudes of around 50 miles / 80 km. Their Latin name roughly translates as ‘night shining’. This is because these ghostly rippling clouds only become visible when the Sun is below the horizon for the observer, so that the sky is dark by the sunlight still catches their gossamer forms. Most commonly viewed between 50° and 70° north and south of the equator, noctilucent clouds are made of ice crystals and can only be observed in either hemispheres during the summer months, which is when the mesosphere is at its coldest. ForNorthern-Hemisphere cloudspotters, therefore, the noctilucent cloud has just begun. Keep an eye out towards the northern horizon in the few hours before sunrise and after sunset for the best chance of spotting these mysterious and ghostly formations. Here is a taster video beautifully filmed over Denmark by Adrien Mauduit of what noctilucent cloud spotters at high enough latitudes might be lucky enough to observe.

The Sky Law

We are pleased to share the latest timelapse video by Roberto Porto, “The sky law”.

He tells us it`s taken him two years, chasing clouds and atmospheric optics in the island of Tenerife, Canary islands.

Cloud Lapse

Martin Wace was amazed to see the relatively rapid change in direction of motion of the cloud flow and was pleased to have been able to capture it.

Lenticularis time lapse

Filippo Marchisio, member 35451, has sent us this time lapse of a lenticularis cloud formation over val Chisone and mount Albergian from Sestriere Piemonte, Italy.

Arcus Cloud Kansas City

We were recently contacted by Society member, Sarah Rose, from Kansas City. In recent times they have experienced wonderful clouds with storms nightly. Storm chaser, Stephen Locke, captured this time-lapse video of the storm ‘devouring’ the city.