Paul Bennett, member 47271 is new to the Cloud Appreciation Society and tells us he absolutely adores clouds
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This gentle Haiku has been submitted by Cindy Medina
inspired by the view at Jamay, Jalisco, Mexico
A recent theoretical study shows that a major increase in CO2 could result in a dramatic reduction in low clouds responsible for keeping the surface cool.
February’s Cloud of the Month is a smile in the sky…
Cloud enthusiast, Adrian Zlotea, loves clouds and especially Cumulonimbus, as you can see from his sketch.
Lionel Playford, member 22010, has been studying clouds and the sky in drawing and painting for nearly 50 years as a landscape artist.
Barry Aldous, member 43125, sent us this time-lapse video of the clouds at sunset as seen from the back garden of his home in the North West of England.
Susan Forrest Castle, member 41376, recently sent this cloudscape in watercolour and pencil.
Cloud mail art from our members…
Cloud of the Month for January is an ocean of Stratus – best viewed from above, and with time on your hands…
Carole Chandler recently composed these Cloud Haiku whilst out enjoying Mother Nature’s benevolent offerings
Margaret Smyth, member 17515, recently told us about the extraordinary thunder and hailstorms in Australia in December.
Bernd Kärcher recently contacted us with the suggestion of “Ocean Cloud” by Marillion for our Music to Watch Clouds by section.
We were interviewed by People and Company for their podcast about communities…
Cloud Videographer, Roberto Porto, has sent us this timelapse of Asperitas clouds over Teide National Park, Tenerife
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914, recently
composed this poem “A Sense of Loss” that centers around fog and
encroaching clouds.
Cloud enthusiast, David Terry, came across this informative video from the Science Museium in which Alex Lathbridge talks to curator Alex Rose and finds out why Luke Howard named the clouds and what he called them.
To counter the December season of excess, we have selected as Cloud of the Month the simplest, most understated of formations…
For the past few years Mo Kelman, member 43936, has produced tensile sculptures that are inspired by ephemeral phenomena — mostly clouds, as well as steam and smoke.
Flammagenitus is also known as pyrocumulus or fire cloud. Jess Barry, member 44252, told us of this video by ABC News (Australia)
Karen Fitzgerald, member 40834, lives and works in NYC and has been painting clouds off and on for 10 years.
Wendy Goldberg, an American artist, recently sent us this image called “Storm Clearing: Early Spring”
A beautiful crowd of clouds, went tumbling across the sky,
And the Sun and Moon, perplexed, both just wondered “Why”.
For November’s Cloud of the Month, we show why the window seat is the only seat fit for a cloudspotter…
Greg West suggested “Slow Clouds” from the album “Roan Mountain Suite” by The Kruger Brothers and the Kontras Quartet for our music to watch clouds by section.
Carrie Stout is an American artist who draws inspiration from the sky.
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, member 24422, has sent us this suggestion for music to watch clouds by.
Kelly Money is an artist from New Hope, Pennsylvania. The main focus of her work is clouds and although her subject may be singular, her style is not
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian (Member 24,422), got in touch to tell us about a video in which the Washington Post journalist, Matthew Cappucci, spotted a fogbow aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean.
Celia Parker, member 38266, was on a recent visit to Norway when they saw an unusual cloud formation.
This time-lapse was filmed by Claudia Hinz and shows early-morning lenticular and rotor clouds
Fidan Azizova has been in touch to suggest “Thunderclouds” by LSD for our Music to Watch Clouds by section
October’s Cloud of the Month are comforting mamma clouds over Argentina…
Cloud enthusiast Kay Gallwey, asks if anyone noticed the sky over Hampstead, London NW3 on the evening of Sunday, 7th October at 18.23?
Bhavna Misra is a freelance artist working out of her Bay Area based art studio. Fleeting Moment is one of her recent works inspired by the floating clouds above the Castro Valley region in California.
Longtime Society member, Annette Huber (member 7439) contacted us with a reminder that today (4th October) is National Poetry Day.
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, member 24,422, recently came across an article on the Phys.org website about research carried out by UConn geographer Scott Stephenson and his team. Their theory is that the growth of trans-Arctic shipping and the increasing emissions accompanied by this will offset some of the overall warming in the Arctic by the end of the century.
You can read the full article on the Phys.org website
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914, filmed this timelapse video of storm clouds over Jean, Nevada
Nick Wigram, member 36265, has produced a series of cloud books for kids (and big kids too!).