Roz Bacon shared this poem, written by her friend, Jean Ratcliffe who, at the age of 93, enjoys the clouds from her window.
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Fae (Animal Prince) is a violinist/vocalist/producer, and also a long time fan of clouds
George Preoteasa (Member 41,445) sent us this video of a cap cloud on a mountain near Vareidskaret, Flakstadøya, Norway..
Artist, Joseph Sweeney painted “St John’s Point” which is located in Co. Donegal, Ireland, in oil on linen (10 x 20″)
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”.
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.
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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
Cloud of the Month for October, spotted during ‘the blue hour’, is all about the time of day…
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.
A brief compilation of time lapses of clouds from Martin Wace, member 27361, above his home in Great Hale, Lincolnshire, England.
Kyle Inducil, member 39967, sent us this poem about rain and the skies.
Listen to Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, answering questions from the curious young listeners of the Everything Under the Sun podcast.
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.
Eyebrows will be raised about the classification of September’s Cloud of the Month…
This is the latest cloud painting by Paul Bennett, member 47271
Rosemary Stewart, member 16444, told us about this unusual fog over the Needles, Isle of Wight, UK
Martin Wace, Society member 27361, sent us this short compilation of cloud time lapse clips he took whilst in Cheddar, Somerset (England), back in September 2016
This song was inspired by “The Cloud Collectors Handbook”
Fred Kenyon, member 47367, sent us this cloud painting which we like to think was inspired by a relaxing road trip.
Cloud of the Month for August is the rarest of the ten main cloud types…
Cloud lover, Lorelei Oconnor sent this poem about the skies…
Shotsy Faust, member 45472, is the curator of the Water Meter Gallery, situated on a residential street in Pacifica CA.
Artist, Sandra Moore, sent this watercolor painting of clouds seen over the Catskill mountains in NY.
José Roberto Vasconcelos, CAS member No. 17,481 from Natal, Brazil recently told us that the ‘Clouds Observatory’ in Brazil was finally open.
Journalist Mari Saito joined us on our Sky Gathering to the English island of Lundy in May 2019.
Massimiliano Sqadroni sent this timelapse from a webcam located at Passo Sella Dolomites (Italy) at 2225m above sea level.
July’s Cloud of the Month is a rainbow wheel of fortune. Find out more…
Poet, Adam Laceky, sent us this 10-part poem about clouds. We thoroughly enjoyed each section dedicated to a particular cloud.
Rachel A Dolmatch, member 47312, painted “Clouds: America’s Got Weather” in May 2019
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914. Recently composed a poem, “Figures in the Sky”, while traveling across the high plains of Texas, USA.
ascal Guay sent us this time-lapse video he took on Nun’s Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 26th, 2019 around 7:00pm
June has seen numerous spottings of ‘noctilucent clouds’ across Europe and North America. Why might these rare night-shining clouds, which form right up at the fringes of Space, be starting to appear more and more frequently…?
Harry van Dijken (member 35947) submitted “Clouds” by Iona from her album “Another Realm”.
Hand-painted side table by Kady MacDonald Denton
Rokas recently sent this time-lapse cloud video.
Herman Folmer, member 46462, created this painting in 1997 and told us “the tiny little town of Motovun in Croatia appears each bright autumn morning”
Timothy Kessler, supporting member 89194, recently drew our attention to this article from Earth Sky
Paul Bennet (member 47241) has shared his latest – and largest – cloud painting entitled “Sunset over Balmoral”.
Cloud enthusiast Sue Gemmell, recently drew our attention to this wonderful video of Layne Johnson capturing the majestic beauty of all different types of clouds in gorgeous oil paintings.
Sofie Dieu, member 46343, is an artist with an enthusiasm for clouds. This piece is called “Pond Reflection” and is painted ink on layered paper.