Exuberance, poems by Dolores Hayden, member 48,618, celebrates the early years of aviation and includes the poem, “Flying Lesson: Clouds,” that first appeared in Poetry magazine.
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January 3, 2020
December 30, 2019
Sarah Vivian, member 48,706, recently joined the Cloud Appreciation Society. She tells us she loves to paint the never-ending beauty of clouds
December 27, 2019
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914, recently completed a video
entitled: A Study of Clouds Over Jean and Goodsprings, Nevada.
December 24, 2019
Chris Tetly, member 10338, composed this poem after sitting a while in the garden late on a blowy and partly cloudy moonlit night
December 20, 2019
Josephine Sedgwick, a journalist with the New York Times, recently produced an article about the Cloud Appreciation Society entitled Nature’s Best Poetry of 2019: Clouds
December 20, 2019
Karen Fitzgerald, member 40,834, sent us this paining on a black background. She tells us this is how she thinks of clouds in the night sky and what they may be imagining if they could.
December 17, 2019
John Wood, Society member 44,848, recently published his 360-degree panorama of the Milky Way and Air Glow over Schoodic Point.
December 11, 2019
Katie Millard, society member 48293, is an artist who paints the beautiful coastline of North Norfolk in the UK.
December 9, 2019
These points of light spotted by David Richards (Member 47,917) on either side of the sunrise not only make for a captivating winter scene, they also tell us the exact shape of the tiny crystals of ice glittering in the morning air. Spoiler alert: they don’t look like Christmas decorations! All is revealed in Cloud of the Month for December…
December 5, 2019
Mary Walker, member 48382, from Upper Hutt, New Zealand wrote this poem encouraging everyone to look up!
December 2, 2019
CloudO by Chris Magennis & G.L.Galbraith is a song based on a poem by Geoff L Galbraith.
November 29, 2019
Susan Forrest Castle (member 41376) shared with us one of her latest cloud works from a series called “Tiny Cloud Series”
November 25, 2019
Graham Billinghurst, Society member 24,513, recently spotted this cloud compilation by Nicolaus Wegner
November 21, 2019
Joan Son, member 44,883, told us “I’ve been working in paper for many years, based in the discipline of origami… trying something new now…”
November 18, 2019
Emily Klenin (member 40676) sent us this poem from her home in Lancaster County, USA
November 15, 2019
Long-standing Society member, Mike Rubin (no. 329) is a keen glider pilot and recently sent us this video of him having fun with a sea breeze front in Dorset (UK)
November 13, 2019
Why do some clouds look solid, while others look translucent? We reveal all in Cloud of the Month for November…
November 11, 2019
Amirah Busairi, CAS member 27334, sent us this artistic depiction of clouds.
November 8, 2019
Cindy Medina sent us this Haiku which was written Sunday evening, Sept 29. She told us she lives in a desert and this grouping of clouds lay east to southeast, reminding her very much of Midwestern thunderheads.
November 6, 2019
Jean Decker, member 44161, sent us this photo which shows a museum installation called “Touch A Cloud”
November 1, 2019
Massimiliano from Scenari Digitali srl, sent us this spectacular timelapse from the morning of 7 September.
October 30, 2019
Jan-Hendrik von Kuick (member 8876) was inspired by the Cyanometer – an instrument for measuring the blueness of the sky
October 28, 2019
Sherry Palmer (member 27151) painted this purple edged cloud covering Beinn Sgritheall, on the mainland across the Sound of Sleat, Skye in early September
October 26, 2019
Jim Bishop (member 12,515) from Oroville, California, joined our recent trip to Lake Inari. He has shared with us an interesting and detailed document on the formation of thunderstorms.
October 24, 2019
Roz Bacon shared this poem, written by her friend, Jean Ratcliffe who, at the age of 93, enjoys the clouds from her window.
October 22, 2019
Fae (Animal Prince) is a violinist/vocalist/producer, and also a long time fan of clouds
October 18, 2019
George Preoteasa (Member 41,445) sent us this video of a cap cloud on a mountain near Vareidskaret, Flakstadøya, Norway..
October 15, 2019
Artist, Joseph Sweeney painted “St John’s Point” which is located in Co. Donegal, Ireland, in oil on linen (10 x 20″)
October 11, 2019
Modestino Carbone, member 7416, recently sent us this very special photo of a work by the Belgian artist Jan Fabre “The man who measures the clouds”.
October 7, 2019
Dean Smith, member 47756, sent us this timelapse of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, New Zealand which follows the clouds throughout the day and into the night.
October 6, 2019
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Our US Speaking Tour, October 2019
Society founder and Member 0001, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, is giving a ‘Cloudspotting for Beginners’ speaking tour in the eastern half of the US throughout October 2019. Here are the dates and the links for booking places:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” css=”.vc_custom_1570980006379{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Winter Harbor, Maine
Tuesday October 8 2019, 7:00pm
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday October 10 2019, 6:30pm
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street.
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Friday October 11 2019, 7:00pm
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Manhattan, New York
Saturday October 12 2019, 2:00pm
New York Public Library, Grand Central Branch,135 E 46th St
Manhattan, New York
Tuesday October 15 2019, 6:30pm
The Explorers Club, 46 E 70th Street
Atlanta, Georgia
Wednesday October 16 2019, 7:00pm
Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Dr.
Athens, Georgia
Thursday October 17 2019, 5:30pm
Georgia Museum of Art
Bentonville, Arkansas
Friday October 18 2019, 7:00pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (evening)
Saturday October 19 2019, 11:00am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (morning)
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Sunday October 20 2019, 5:00pm
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
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Tuesday October 22 2019, 7:00pm
Science Museum of Minnesota
October 5, 2019
Cloud of the Month for October, spotted during ‘the blue hour’, is all about the time of day…
October 4, 2019
Richa Gupta sent us a poem along with this image that was taken in June 2019 during a flight to Pune and which inspired the verse.
October 2, 2019
A brief compilation of time lapses of clouds from Martin Wace, member 27361, above his home in Great Hale, Lincolnshire, England.
September 27, 2019
Kyle Inducil, member 39967, sent us this poem about rain and the skies.
September 24, 2019
Listen to Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, answering questions from the curious young listeners of the Everything Under the Sun podcast.
September 20, 2019
More cloud time lapse work. Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire, England. The first section (looking South) uses 650 photos and the second section (looking West) uses 320 photos.
September 17, 2019
Eyebrows will be raised about the classification of September’s Cloud of the Month…
September 13, 2019
This is the latest cloud painting by Paul Bennett, member 47271
September 10, 2019
Rosemary Stewart, member 16444, told us about this unusual fog over the Needles, Isle of Wight, UK
