Why do some clouds look solid, while others look translucent? We reveal all in Cloud of the Month for November…
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November 13, 2019
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
September 7, 2019
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
September 4, 2019
This song was inspired by “The Cloud Collectors Handbook”
August 27, 2019
Fred Kenyon, member 47367, sent us this cloud painting which we like to think was inspired by a relaxing road trip.
August 20, 2019
Cloud of the Month for August is the rarest of the ten main cloud types…
August 16, 2019
Cloud lover, Lorelei Oconnor sent this poem about the skies…
August 9, 2019
Shotsy Faust, member 45472, is the curator of the Water Meter Gallery, situated on a residential street in Pacifica CA.
August 6, 2019
Artist, Sandra Moore, sent this watercolor painting of clouds seen over the Catskill mountains in NY.
August 2, 2019
José Roberto Vasconcelos, CAS member No. 17,481 from Natal, Brazil recently told us that the ‘Clouds Observatory’ in Brazil was finally open.
July 30, 2019
Journalist Mari Saito joined us on our Sky Gathering to the English island of Lundy in May 2019.
July 25, 2019
Massimiliano Sqadroni sent this timelapse from a webcam located at Passo Sella Dolomites (Italy) at 2225m above sea level.
July 17, 2019
July’s Cloud of the Month is a rainbow wheel of fortune. Find out more…
July 17, 2019
Poet, Adam Laceky, sent us this 10-part poem about clouds. We thoroughly enjoyed each section dedicated to a particular cloud.
July 12, 2019
Rachel A Dolmatch, member 47312, painted “Clouds: America’s Got Weather” in May 2019
July 8, 2019
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914. Recently composed a poem, “Figures in the Sky”, while traveling across the high plains of Texas, USA.
June 28, 2019
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 27, 2019
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…?
