The cloud photograph is part of a long-term project by Jeffrey Pflaum. The student poetry comes from two anthologies he compiled
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May 25, 2016
May 19, 2016
“Flash Flood, Clark County, Nevada” – a poem by Alexa Mergen
May 17, 2016
David Austin Clar is based in Rochester, New York
May 11, 2016
The New York Times Magazine recently published an informative – and at times, moving – feature by Jon Mooallem about the Cloud Appreciation Society. Read the online version to discover how the Society came about and to learn of our efforts to have a new type of cloud accepted by the World Meteorological Organisation. Bear in mind, however, that the story ends in tears…
May 10, 2016
This is the second in a series of timelapse videos by Hong Hu, for his project “Cloudspotting”
May 6, 2016
The cloud photograph is part of a long-term project by Jeffrey Pflaum. The student poetry comes from two anthologies he compiled
May 5, 2016
‘Cloudy with a Chance of Joy’ by Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney…
May 4, 2016
Materese is based in Buckingham, PA, USA…
May 2, 2016
Cloud of the Month for May is one of the rarest cloud formations, and quite possibly the most difficult one to spot…
April 29, 2016
Cloudspotter, Hong Hu recently began a side project called “Cloudspotting” where he will be capturing time-lapse videos of clouds. Here is the first of three he has shared with us entitled “Light & Dark”.
April 27, 2016
The University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum is currently running an exhibition all about clouds. It’s called “Clouds…Temporarily Visible.” This image is from an installation that’s part of that exhibit. The cloud is composed of lightbulbs varying in size and opacity. Visitors can stroll under the cloud and pull the strings to change the luminosity of the cloud.
The exhibition runs until Sunday, 22nd May, and you can see more about it on the Weisman Art Museum website.
April 25, 2016
Cloud Appreciation Society Member 1,095, Davo Laninga has made a wonderful time-lapse film capturing the drama and power of the monsoon season over Arizona, US. Filmed over 3 months, 4,500 miles and about 50,000 photos captured between 2 cameras, it was clearly a huge undertaking and we applaud him for it!
April 10, 2016
This month, as we do every month, we had a live chat with The Weather Channel in the US, to tell them about our Cloud of the Month. For April, it’s Melyssa Wright’s beautiful photograph of mamma clouds over Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, UK.
April 8, 2016
We have given the Cloud Appreciation Society website a new layout and design, and are now in testing phase. There will be quite a few bugs, which we will be sorting out over the coming days. We would love to hear in the comments below if you’ve come across anything that seems broken. It will probably take you a little while to get used to where things are now, but we hope the development will be an improvement on the previous design. We hope also that it paves the way for the site to work better on mobile devices.
There is plenty more to do on the Photo Gallery. You can currently filter for cloud types by clicking the menu icon in the top right to reveal the cloud-type filter terms, but the gallery search functionality is still not in place.
Do let us know what you think of the new, cleaner look!
April 8, 2016
When the underside of a cloud layer is festooned with pouches like this, the formation is known as mamma…
April 1, 2016
Jean is in Vaughn, MT, USA…
March 8, 2016
Thanks to Society member, Rob Blair, for drawing our attention to this interesting cloud formation that was featured as the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day on 2nd March. A full description can be seen on their website.
March 3, 2016
We were pleased to learn that Private Eye, the British satirical magazine, recently published a story to publicise the sorry deterioration of the historic home of Luke Howard. In 1802, this 19th Century pharmacist and lifelong lover of the sky devised the naming system for clouds that we still use today. His legacy for the world of meteorology and far beyond cannot be underestimated.
March 2, 2016
