Kenny Duffy (member 45,185) recently sent us this time-lapse video of some impressive cloud formations developing over Catonsville, USA
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August 30, 2018
August 24, 2018
A mighty Cumulus demonstrates cloud power with the help from a far more retiring cloud friend in the Cloud of the Month for August…
August 23, 2018
SkyDay is a free educational platform with a single goal – to connect people across the world via our magnificent sky!
August 20, 2018
Cindy Medina from Las Cruces, NM has sent two whimsical haiku poems for us to enjoy.
August 16, 2018
Sylvia Archer, member 42582, of Spruce Pine, NC, USA recently contacted us about the Cloud Observatory they have installed at Penland School of Crafts.
August 9, 2018
Karen Irmer, member no 29940, was invited to create an art installation in the newly refurbished church of St Moritz in Augsburg, Germany.
August 3, 2018
Louise Keable is an artist from Québec, Canada who enjoys using acrylic on canvas to capture the beauty of clouds.
You can see more of her work on her Facebook page
July 31, 2018
Helen Roberts, Senior Operational Meteorologist at the Met Office and member 28957, has done a course on Future Learn about the weather which is available from 6th August 2018.
July 26, 2018
Jean Nels, Executive Director of Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum recently contacted us about two lenticular cloud videos they have produced.
July 23, 2018
July’s Cloud of the Month shows why in summer the best cloudspotting can be after dark…
July 19, 2018
Jurene Phaneuf (Member 45,173) told us about this amazing video of wingsuit pilots…
July 17, 2018
Earther, an environmental news site, recently published an article for their “Get Outside” themed week about the art and science of cloudspotting.
July 10, 2018
Listen to Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s recent interview with Glastonbury FM
July 6, 2018
This painting was sent in by Lyn Canham who gave a wonderful description of its inspiration
July 3, 2018
Sogno d’Ombra (Dream of Shadow) – Bardiglio Marble – 2017 © Rob Good
June 26, 2018
Storms that Spin: Cloud of the Month for June comes twisting from the western edge of tornado alley in the US state of Colorado…
June 22, 2018
Laura Hilkemann got in touch to tell us about a stunning formation of asperitas clouds that were recently flowed across Nebraska, USA
June 19, 2018
Artist, Tom Blazier, member 17468 recently sent his nocturne cloud oil painting titled “Jemez Moon”.
June 15, 2018
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, member 24,422, recently contacted us about this interesting cloud-related article
June 13, 2018
‘Summer Storm’ by Marissa Blossom, Member 42,677…
June 8, 2018
Ryoma’s mum, Alex, recently sent us this wonderful poem written by her son describing what he sees when he’s cloudspotting…
June 5, 2018
Afsaneh A Michaels, member 45450, seeks to convey the poetry of nature in its grand displays in the sky as cloud formations: each cloud expressing the atmosphere’s moods like a person’s feelings. She recently shared this example showing the clouds over San Francisco Bay.
You can see more of her work on her website
June 1, 2018
David Oscarson, Supporting Member 40914, recently shared this poem which beautifully describes the image he captured.
May 29, 2018
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914, recently sent us this time-lapse created of clouds over Clark County, Nevada.
May 22, 2018
Carole Chandler, member 28346, sent us a little poem from Marley (Retired Guide Dog … and super-duper canine cloud-spotter) and herself that hopes might bring a smile to some fellow ‘cloud spotters’ out there!
May 17, 2018
May’s Cloud of the Month is a rare combination of optical effects, all tied up in a bow…
May 16, 2018
Fulvia Testi, an artist from Cuneo, Italy recently shared this beautiful painting with us.
May 11, 2018
When Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, was in San Francisco in April 2018, he was interviewed by Michael Krazny on the Forum Show on KQED Radio. There was a phone-in towards the end of the show, and one of the callers asked his advice about cloud books for kids.
May 4, 2018
“A cloud is a shade in motion” claims this great New Yorker review
April 30, 2018
Carol Ritter Wright, member 45130, recently wrote to us about her love of clouds and how she has incorporated this into her home.
April 25, 2018
Sharrie Fordham of Bury St Edmunds, UK, recently sent us this thoughtful cloud inspired poem.
April 19, 2018
Bhavna Misra illustrates nature, landscapes, portraiture, and still life as an emotional response to what she observes.
April 12, 2018
As part of our speaking tour of US northwest states, Gavin was interviewed by Michael Krazny for Forum on KQED Radio in San Francisco.
April 11, 2018
Cloud enthusiast, Mark Hyde, recently contacted us about the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) which is a state-of-the-art, unique collection of optical cameras, fast light meters and X- and Gamma-ray detectors, that will for the first time, will allow researchers to observe lightning in the Earth’s atmosphere with unprecedented detail from space.
The monitor will study the inner workings of lightning allowing us to have more understanding of the impact of lightning on the atmosphere.
There is an in-depth and fascinating article about this on the University of Bath website.
April 10, 2018
Mamma clouds, also known as mammatus, are pouch-like formations named after the Latin for an ‘udder’…
April 4, 2018
In April’s Cloud of the Month we ask ‘What is a sunset without clouds?’…
March 29, 2018
Sarah Leavesley, a poet from Worcestershire, UK, recently sent us her latest poetryfilm. She tells us that clouds focus a lot in her life and work as inspiration for her writing and photography and also as part of her personal, mindful and meditation practices.
March 27, 2018
Daryl D Johnson, member 45193, paints with oil on canvas. She tells us she paints clouds to show the earth is breathing and it’s a mindfulness practice for her.
March 23, 2018
In the untamed twisting, turbulent air downwind of mountains, fine filigrees of cloud can form…
March 22, 2018
Ruth Bailey from Switzerland, member 37436, was recently interviewed by Carole Koch for GEO magazine
