Gary Yost, member 56,542, recently completed “The Earth Breathes – A Week in the West”, a new film that transforms fire prevention cameras into a showcase of the West’s fragile beauty.
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When Claudio Cattaneo (Member 13,236) took to the ski slopes of Crans-Montana, Switzerland early on a cold December morning, he was greeted by a glittering display of halo phenomena…
Karen Fitzgerald is a mid-career visual artist living and working in New York City. Having been born and raised in Wisconsin watching the sky is an essential part of her day.
Sarah Sturgis, member 56,262 painted this recently for a friend who had asked if she could show rain in her paintings.
Charlotte Aiken is an artist working in Milford, Surrey, UK. She has an exhibition which will be held tomorrow, Saturday, 27th November from 3pm to 8pm
Ola Måspers, member 38,703, suggested “Get off My Cloud” by the Rolling Stones for the “Music to Watch Clouds” by section of our website.
Stratocumulus is a low, clumpy cloud layer that plays a vital role on our planet…
Judy Friesem, member 50,071 created this watercolour of a stormy day at the beginning of the pandemic. We love the way she has captured the drama of the sky.
Massimiliano Squadroni, sent this video timelapse “Sunrise, A New Day” from Italy. It was filmed using the daily timelapse technique between 27th September and 1st October 2021.
Here’s the story of the Cloud Appreciation Society told in a minute.
Kenneth Farr, member 40,936, told us about the exhibition “Clouds, Ice, and Bounty: The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings” which is running at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, until 27th February 2022.
Author and artist Lucretia Bingham, member 53,512, features clouds in most of her paintings and this one was inspired by a camping trip in early Autumn.
In Cloud Collection, Diane Borsato, member 41,749 takes us on a cloud-watching journey through the Owens Art Gallery collection.
MADISON — Stand on the ocean’s shore and take a big whiff of the salt spray and you’ll smell the unmistakably pungent scent of the sea. That ripe, almost rotting smell? That’s sulfur.
In Cloud of the Month for October, we explain the trails of precipitation known as virga and what they reveal about water in our atmosphere…
Michael Erb, member 38,503, has written a weather-themed children’s book called “The Weather Detectives”. He told us “the book is for 9-14 year olds, and I hope to inspire young readers to learn more about the weather”.
Mick Garton, member 11,554, painted this stormy morning crossing of the (now old) Forth Road Bridge towards Edinburgh in mixed acrylic/watercolour in 2012
“Ghostcloud” was written by Michael Mann (member, 56,714). He told us, “it aims to make kids look up, to look with wonder at the sky, to look for shapes/figures/patterns up there. One of the themes is that people are so busy living, they never look up, when there’s a whole world up there waiting to be discovered”
Salil P Kawli, member 56,573, shot these clouds during a Monsoon period in Mumbai city, India, and the surrounding areas.
Jay Ryan, member 51,238, sent us “North Shore Clouds”, a painting in acrylic inspired by the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.
Gary Yost recently sent us this time-lapse study of clouds as seen from the slopes of the Haleakala volcano, Maui (between 3,200′ – 10,000′). Shot during the week of February 14, 2016.
Sherry Palmer, member 27,151, has been visiting Skye for over 30 years to paint and see a wealth of clouds every time.
Mamma cloud features appear as lobes hanging from the underside of a cloud layer. Find out more in Cloud of the Month…
Linda Bailey, member 54,891, recently came across this article on the Science News website about the effect of wildfire smoke on cumulus clouds.
The delicate process of fog collection is as beautiful as you might imagine. It’s also a sustainable way of harvesting water in drought-stricken areas of the country. Explore the process with Dr. Daniel Fernandez (member member 45,058) of Cal State University, Monterey Bay.
Sherwin Berger, member 18,239, sent us his cloud inspired piece, “Cloud Warriors of the Sky”
Running from 30th September 2021 to 16th January 2022, the “Skyscape: The limitless art of the sky” exhibition celebrates 500 years of artists’ fascination with the sky.
Now more than ever, it’s important to introduce kids to science as something that helps us understand and respond to everything around us and meteorologist, Guy Brown’s new book “Look Up to See What the Weather Will Be” does just that.
Cloudspotter and videographer, Jim Taulman sent us this and other short videos of Clouds over Cibola National Forest, NM.
Writer and artist, Lorelei O’Connor, sent us this atmospheric poem accompanied by a photo taken by her son, Micheal.
Salil Kawli, member 56,573, sent us this time-lapse video of cirrus clouds over Mumbai, India, that he shot on 24th August 2021.
Isabell VanMerlin wrote this poem a while ago following many gray days in New England. She incorporated it with a photograph taken in Dover, NH, where she lives.
Gary Yost sent us this video. His description he writes “That’s the Gardner Fire Lookout shadow in the halo. I was shooting this from the north catwalk of the Lookout on East Peak, which explains why the center of the Glory is where I was standing”.
‘California Cloudscapes’ is a poem by Jeanie Greensfelder that was originally published in Birdland Journal 2019
Let us introduce you to the ‘summertime halo’…
Artist, Jackie Williams, has been painting with watercolour for some time now and in one of the last courses she attended they also painted clouds. She told us, “it was quite tricky to capture those ever-changing beings but real fun”.
Alrik Swagerman, member 56,484, has spent the last five years photographing the sky in his hometown Scheveningen, The Netherlands, mainly endeavouring to capture its stillness and open space that he experiences on the coast. It has resulted in a collection of 32 photographs entitled ‘Luchtig’.
Cloud enthusiast Gary Yost, sent us this video of the San Francisco Bay Area. His description of it explains that the Bay Area is famous for its dense fog, and when you’re in it the fog is cold and grey. But there’s another side to the fog and the only way to see what happens when it fully comes in and blankets the SF Bay Area at night is to be above it.
Massimiliano Squadroni has sent us this new timelapse taken duringJune / July 2021, from Castelluccio di Norcia, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy.
“Gold Clouds” oils on canvas, 20 x 30″ is by Daryl D. Johnson, member 45,193. She is based in New Orleans and paints clouds inspired by dramatic colors and forms she has observed.