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.
Close Encounters of the Stormy Kind
Benjamin Turquet, Member No. 27,655, sent us his video showing time-lapse footage of an evening Cumulonimbus cloud developing over Montreal, Quebec, Canada, along with film of the lightning storm that followed. Was the thunderhead trying to communicate something to us Earthlings?
Evening Sky over Recanati
This short time lapse of the evening sky over Recanati, Italy, was filmed by Marco Cingolani. Music is by Simon Wilkinson.
Sun, Rain & Clouds over the Avoca River, Ireland
This time lapse of the changeable skies over Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland was sent in by Steve Potter, Cloud Appreciation Society Member No. 27,500. “I shot it on 16 June 2011,” he said, “using my Nexus1 Google Android phone and the Time-Lapse app. The music is by Cara Dillon. This really shows you why Ireland […]
Mull in the Morning
Anita Evans, Cloud Appreciation Society Member No 16,612, sent us her time lapse film of cumulus clouds bubbling up over the island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. We love it. Mull in the Morning from camerabag on Vimeo.
A Head in the Clouds
Denis Farmer posted this YouTube video from his back garden when he saw a face appearing in the storm clouds over Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada. We think his comment half-way through rather sums it up: “Hoooooly Freak!”.
The Sun Will Shine Brightly
Sent in by Juergen K. Klimpke, Member No. 22868. Time-lapse recording of the morning sky over Schleiz (Thuringia, Germany). The clouds give a view of the sun. Aeroplanes hurry scurry across the screen and produce aircraft contrails. This pull over before the sun and then finally make space for a blue summer sky. Footage and […]
The Unseen Sea
Here is a fantastic time lapse cloud video by Simon Christen. We are big fans. A collection of time lapses I took around the San Francisco Bay Area roughly shot over the period of one year. Please watch in HD :-) Find more of my work on my website www.simonchristen.com Follow me on my Facebook […]
Summer of 2010 – A Time Lapse Edit
This time lapse video by Ian Provo from the summer of 2010 has plenty of fantastic cloud sequences. Of particular interest are the lapping wave effects of some Stratocumulus clouds, which are a great reminder that the atmosphere above us is an ocean of air, which contains waves similar to those in the oceans of […]
The London Eye in two minutes
Cloud Appreciation Society member Mark van der Vord sent in this video of the sunset from the London Eye. The London Eye in two minutes/Inside by Sepalcure from mach v on Vimeo. Mark told us: A week before my birthday, I learnt that I’d won some tickets to The London Eye, courtesy of The Thames […]
