Clouds never stay still. They're in a state of perpetual transition, mutating from one form to another. This ephemeral, ever-changing quality is part of their beauty. If you have time-lapse video of clouds for this page, upload it to a video hosting site like Vimeo or YouTube and send us a link.
Windermere Time Lapse
Cloudspotter, Paul Sharp sent us his video. He says about it “I went for a break in the English Lake District back in late spring this year, and saw a lovely sunset. I put my ipad on the roof of the car and recorded a time lapse of it. I like the way you can […]
Noctilucent Clouds over Penmon Point
Cloud enthusiast, Kevin Lewis, has sent us this timelapse video of Noctilucent cloudes captures on 6th/7th June 2015 from Penmon Point on Anglesey.
Spotted over West Greenland: the new ‘asperitas’ cloud
Laurence Dyke filmed this wonderful time-lapse of asperitas clouds over Disko Island in the west of Greenland. He was a glaciology PhD student at Swansea University at the time, and was in Greenland to attend a summer school for PhD students organised by the University of Bergen, Norway. “The cloud appeared the day we arrived […]
Waterspout from Selsey, UK
Cloud Appreciation Society member, Martin Thomas, has sent us this video of a waterspout seen off the coast of Selsey near Chichester, UK at the end of June 2014.
Horseshoe Vortex
Cloud Appreciation Society member, Vicki Smith, recently sent us this video of a horseshoe vortex cloud filmed near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia in 2011 during a strong westerly. Tim Harris was filming as Vicki’s son Eric Smith flew a remote controlled glider around the rare cloud formation. The horseshoe vortex cloud spiralled as it was blown […]
The Ocean Maker
We were recently contacted by film maker, Lucas Martell, who has just released a short animated film called “The Ocean Maker”. The working title for this was “Cloud Catchers” and it’s about sky pirates fighting over clouds in a world without water. Cloud Appreciation Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, really enjoyed this film and particularly Lucas’ […]
Soaring over Cumulus Clouds
Cloud enthusiast, Mike Rubin, recently sent us this video which shows him spiralling around a cumulus cloud after a cloud climb. If you enjoy this one, see more at his Fly By Wire videos.
“CLOUD”
CLOUD is an interactive sculpture created from 6,000 incandescent light bulbs by Canadian artists and collaborators Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett. The piece utilizes pull string switches and everyday domestic light bulbs, re-imagining their potential to catalyze collaborative moments and create an enveloping, experiential environment. To read more about it please visit the website. […]
Kelvin-Helmholtz Timelapse
Cloud enthusiast, Ben Brown-Steiner, a post-doc at Cornell University has recently been capturing time-lapse videos of clouds. Last month he captured this wonderful Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud which he has asked us to share with you.
