Cloud Videos

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.

Adrift by Simon Christen

Helen Hutton recently sent us the link to this video by Simon Christen. Entitled “Adrift”, it shows beautiful images of the Bay Area Fog. It brings to our minds the poem “Fog” by Carl Sandburg Adrift from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

Thunderstorm Lightning from Kilwinning North Ayrshire 19/5/14

Bill Ward has sent us this video showing lightning recorded during a “Spanish Plume” thunderstorm. This mass of warm moist air moved over the UK on the 19/5/14 and produced some dramatic flashes. This selection is from the most active part of the storm in the early evening.
Lee Wave Clouds

Lee Wave Clouds

Over the summer Bill Ward is a regular noctilucent cloud watcher. He recently recorded these lovely Lee Clouds in silhouette against the summer twilight sky.

Cumulus Time Lapse

Cloud watcher, Tony Volante, recently sent us his first time lapse cloud video. The scenery is of an Iron Age Hill Fort near Newton Abbot, Devon, England.

Cloud Cult

We were recently sent the link to this video by Christina Kollman, a cloud enthusiast. It is the official music video for the song “Everybody Here is a Cloud” by Cloud Cult.

Clouds Thunder

Cloud Appreciation Society member, Eric Balestra, recently sent us this video of thunder and lightening behind clouds… very dramatic!

Skylapse – An Ariel Hyper-Lapse

Photographer Rufus Blackwell sent us this short video that he has been working on over the last few years. He has developed a number of techniques to capture ariel sky shots with beautiful results. SKYLAPSE – AN ARIEL HYPER-LAPSE from Rufus Blackwell on Vimeo.

Lenticular Clouds over Cadair Idris

Martin Garnett recently sent us this video. Gavin Pretor-Pinney has advised that the lenticularis formation is embedded within a stratocumulus layer and so is more or less visible at different stages of the video. He also mentioned that it is possible that there are some moments of “asperatus” formations visible. Lenticular clouds over Cadair Idris […]

“Jesper Sorensen – The Journey Continues” Timelapse Sunset

Cloud watcher and videographer Geoff Oliver sent us this timelapse sunset video…