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.

GB Moring Glory 2018

James Cooper, member 55,001, sent us this video of the Morning Glory Cloud which forms over the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Australia every year during the months of September and October.

Zodiacal Light

George Preoteasa, member 41,445, sent us this timelapse taken in the Catskills. It shows nicely how the zodiacal light forms and then fades away. Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, tells us that as it's so subtle, this is very hard to spot and photograph.

The Encounter

Daniel Thomas, member 55,137, sent us this timelapse video taken in May 2017 in Ste-Mélanie and Ste-Béatrix, Quebec

Extreme Cloudspotting

Joe Jennings, of Skydive.tv shows us how to take cloudspotting to the next level…

Just Before A Storm

Daniel Thomas, Society member 55,137, sent us this video shot last summer just before a storm.

Puff the Magic Dragon

Tom Maloney lives in an area of Colorado known as the Wet Mountain Valley. From his front deck, he can see a sweeping panorama of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. And of course, the sky above it. He recorded this time lapse video in May last year.

Drifting Cumulus

Gregory Venarsky, member 48,157, sent us this relaxing timelapse of Spring clouds over his old him, Kennewick, Washington, USA.

Northern Lights over Sweden

Often thought of as the enemies of aurora watchers, clouds can in fact add beauty to a sky of Northern Lights as this video by Olivier Staiger shows…

Sunsets on the Snow

This timelapse video was sent in by Massimiliano Squadroni, and was filmed in the Sibillini Mountains National Park (central Italy) in December 2020