Clouds-that-look-like-things Volume VI
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Keelin.
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June 2, 2022 at 11:52 am #535729
Hans Stocker
ParticipantVolume V has reached the magical threshold of 100 posts. Already 5 volumes of marvelous look-alikes. It is great fun to share our own pareidolia in marvelous look-alikes.
Volume V ends with What The Cat Brought In by Keelin. One can guess (or better: check he former volume, which is fun to scroll through). The cat herunder will come up with bigger prey I suppose.
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June 3, 2022 at 12:03 am #535813
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantHans, thanks for resetting us to Volume VI. That is mighty nice tiger.
Dog After His Ball
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June 7, 2022 at 3:12 pm #536313
Keelin
ParticipantThanks for a playful start to Volume VI, Hans and Ruth!
Continuing the action above…
Furry Paw Lands With A Splash
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June 20, 2022 at 3:01 pm #537598
arielko
Participanthello fellow cloud lovers, i’m new here, 59,011
thought i’d share with you this heartening heart that appeared outside my window on almost the last day of december, 2017. a welcome sight at the tag end of a tough year
♥️
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June 26, 2022 at 11:46 pm #538197
Keelin
ParticipantA warm welcome to you, Arielko! You’ve a lovely heart there. And thank you for sharing it here. ;) Hope you’ll continue to join us on the CAS forum.
In the photo below, what first caught my eye was the 22˚ halo. But later, when I viewed the image on computer, the loosely-shaped heart cloud morphed into a little dog’s head and the wispy bit of cloud to the right became his wagging tale. Ah, the fun and fantasy of pareidolia!
Waiting For A Sundog To Come Out To Play
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June 28, 2022 at 11:25 am #538359
Hans Stocker
ParticipantWelcome Arielko. you posted a great heartwarming heart. A great halo, Keelin. The sundog where you are waiting for might have run to a different thread. And I love your Furry Paws Land With A Splash. Are they from the Dog After His Ball by Ruth?
Sky Spider
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July 2, 2022 at 4:52 pm #538901
arielko
Participantthank you keelin and hans! i’m very glad to be here.
keelin, that’s a lovely heart.. don’t you love finding things in the photos after the fact? some of my favorite photos are bumblebee or bird-bombed. and finding a cloud heart when you thought you only had a halo… That’s pretty darn nice.
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July 11, 2022 at 6:12 pm #539792
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantHans, very big spider you found out there and Keelin I hope your sundog shows up. A heart filled welcome Arielko.
Dog On Mamma Pillow
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July 13, 2022 at 2:08 pm #540059
arielko
Participantwhat a comfortable dog bed, ruth! and thank you for your welcome. here’s another heart, one can never have enough
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July 18, 2022 at 1:28 am #540577
Keelin
ParticipantEven an arachnophobe would find your Sky Spider something of a marvel not to be feared, Hans. And to be followed by another big heart from Arielko, well, that’s love for you! And Ruth, when your dog is ready to abandoned that comfy pillow, perhaps he’d like to go for a car ride with his head out the window?
Oh Boy! A Car Ride!
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July 19, 2022 at 9:27 am #540873
Hans Stocker
Participanti love to to see and read all these heartwarming things above: Dog on a mamma pillow (there is no better place to be found) by Ruth, another true Heart from arielko and Oh Boy! A Car Ride! Great fun with all this hair in the wind, Keelin. You must know I just did a ride with my hairy fellow to the cool beach early in the morning to avoid the heat on what is going to be a dog day, or in French une canicule. Don’t know why they call it a dog day or canicule (canis is Latin for dog), since she certainly does not like the heat. But she loves the beach anyway.
Like A Bird On A Wire
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July 19, 2022 at 11:52 am #540903
Duncan
ParticipantHans,
Dog days are the hottest period of the year, the period between early July and early September, when Sirius, the so-called Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun.
From Wikipedia:
The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the “Dog Star”), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
There was also a movie entitled, “Dog Day Afternoon” which was about a bank robbery gone wrong, probably the title comes from the bad luck element.
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July 20, 2022 at 4:46 pm #541097
arielko
Participantkeelin, that dog is clearly having the time of its life! It really is evocative, I can almost feel dog drool coming in through the back window of the car :)
and hans, i hope you and your friend were able to stay as cool as possible. It really is, as Duncan has said, most uncomfortable.. If only we could be like that bird on a wire, and just take flight in the cool breezespeaking of dogs, just this morning I spotted a passing dachshund straining on its leash
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July 23, 2022 at 8:39 pm #541456
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantHans and Keelin, you two are so fun! Birds and car rides. So expressive.
Arielko, you have caught on to this humor too. Dog on leash.
That Darn Billy On The Run
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July 28, 2022 at 1:33 pm #542234
Hans Stocker
ParticipantYes a dDo Day Afternoon Duncan. A classic one.
Love your Daschhund Ruth and of course that darn Billy. He is in our hearts.
Billy is goat and it isn’t him on next one for it lacks his horns, but he sure earns a …
Bust
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July 28, 2022 at 6:40 pm #542253
Keelin
ParticipantLots of fun to enjoy here…
What a clever blue dog you have there, Arielko!
And gotta love that wild Billy and his great goat coat, Ruth and Hans!
This looks like someone who might be sharing the sea of sky pasture with our friend there.
Billy’s Budd
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August 1, 2022 at 1:55 pm #542612
Hans Stocker
ParticipantHoly cow, that’s quite a Budd for Billy, Keelin:)
Squirrel
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August 7, 2022 at 1:16 am #543256
Keelin
ParticipantI think your Squirrel might have landed on my head while I was giving myself a haircut, Hans. At least that’s the excuse I’ve been using.
My Covid Coif
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August 12, 2022 at 5:50 pm #543798
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantKeelin, beauty of a hairdo. No hat required.
Hans, your squirrel might need some sunflower seeds.
Nice Big Jellyfish
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August 13, 2022 at 11:06 pm #543912
arielko
Participanta giant poodle for you wonderful people. so many good animals (and then some) here!
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August 14, 2022 at 6:12 pm #543973
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantAdding some laughing horses to this animal farm. PS nice poodle Ariel.
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August 19, 2022 at 11:31 pm #544554
Keelin
ParticipantLove the diversity of this cloud forum farm. Shall we add one more to the mix?
Feathered Friend
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August 21, 2022 at 9:10 pm #544720
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantKeelin, or fury. That maybe a llama to add to the farm. Way fun shot.
Barn Owl for the Farm
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August 22, 2022 at 12:28 am #544730
Keelin
ParticipantBeautiful Owl, Ruth! And here’s one more for the barnyard. She needs just a few more clouds to really complete the picture, but I’m sure you’ll get the idea…
Hunt And Peck For A Few More Feathers
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September 21, 2022 at 11:49 pm #548502
Keelin
ParticipantOne might be inclined to ask…
What’s the Big Idea?
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September 26, 2022 at 10:18 pm #548866
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantKeelin, I am on the watch for you for more feathers.
Dog Playing Ball
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September 27, 2022 at 2:22 am #548881
Keelin
ParticipantJust what you need for your frisky friend there, Ruth!
Ball Tosser
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October 1, 2022 at 6:41 pm #549270
arielko
Participanti can almost hear the din of many animal voices!
keelin, your feathered friend is fantastic! and ruth, i think this guy wants to join your dog playing ball…
smiling muscle dog
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October 30, 2022 at 1:26 am #553026
Keelin
ParticipantThanks, Ariel! Your smiling muscle dog even sports some iridescence. Bow Wow!
Here’s another little pal for the playful pooches.
Fluffy Pup with Ears Aflying
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October 30, 2022 at 1:31 am #553028
Keelin
ParticipantWhat follows is a little 4-part series in preparation for a Night of Beastly Bewitchment! These cloud creatures and characters were caught hovering just out of reach over the past several months. Can you spot the demons and spirits? Happy Halloween to all—and to all a B00! night!
PART 1
Something Winged This Way Comes
Warlock on a Broomstick
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October 30, 2022 at 1:33 am #553029
Keelin
ParticipantPART 2
Hungry?
Hangry!
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October 30, 2022 at 1:35 am #553030
Keelin
ParticipantPART 3
Bat of White and Crow of Black
And this looked like a scene from the Wizard of Oz with Toto barking at the Wicked Witch of the West’s flying acolytes and poor Scarecrow (“That’s him all over,” as the Tin Man noted after they’d been attacked.
And Toto Too
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October 30, 2022 at 1:42 am #553024
Keelin
ParticipantThanks, Ariel! Your smiling muscle dog even sports some iridescence. Bow Wow!
Here’s another little pal for the playful pooches.
Fluffy Pup with Ears Aflying
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October 30, 2022 at 1:43 am #553032
Keelin
ParticipantPART 4
The two final clouds in the Halloween series might pose a little more challenge for those less blessed (or cursed?) with unrestrained pareidolia, so further below are outlines that reveal the characters within.Demoness & companion
Wizard’s Watch
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October 31, 2022 at 8:55 pm #553234
Duncan
ParticipantAs if to celebrate Samhain (sah-win) a dragon breaths fire into the Autumn sky.
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November 5, 2022 at 11:33 am #553612
Hans Stocker
ParticipantI’ve been away for far too long but I didn’t miss following the fun above. Keelin your ‘Demonesse and companion’ and your ‘Wizard watch’ are marvelous. I love the Wizard watch, but I must confess that your drawing made it perfectly clear. Once seen….. Halloween has truly inspired you. Hungry? is simply terrifying. I am glad it are all clouds.
Duncan your dragon at sunset seems to bite its own tail.
Next one flew over on Cloud Celebration Day and it is in color on the Cloud Memory Atlas.
It’s Not Dead, It’s A Parrot
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November 5, 2022 at 4:11 pm #553640
Hans Stocker
ParticipantThanks Duncan. A nice golden Phoenix. It reminds me of an old one on the gallery:
Phoenix with one wing on fire yet
The description on the gallery is not correct by the way. It says it shows a circumhorzon arc, but that was impossible at the time of year I took it. It was the lower part of 22 degrees halo. About the phoenix there is no mistake at all.
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November 5, 2022 at 5:03 pm #553645
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantWhat creative energy everyone has. Wonderful pictures, captions., and stories. I wanted everyone to know:
Someone Is Watching
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November 11, 2022 at 1:59 am #554175
Keelin
ParticipantDuncan, now that is a dragon worthy of Samhain!
And Hans, you have been missed! Delighted to see you flying in on your Parrot (which seasonal influence has morphed before my very eyes into yet another flying dragon). So glad you enjoyed the Halloween series. May the Wizard watch over you with care!
Ruth, you’ve caught that Someone in the very act. Love it!
Wooly Friend of Billy In A High Wind
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December 28, 2022 at 5:59 pm #560047
Gregory Venarsky
ParticipantHello everyone!
This is one of my favorite captures. It is of a double horseshoe vortex cloud!
I hope you enjoy!
Invisible Horse
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January 1, 2023 at 1:07 am #560415
Keelin
ParticipantDouble lucky, Gregory!!
Chilly weather is no problem for this fellow…
Frosty Foxy
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January 7, 2023 at 8:04 pm #561279
Mark McClelland
ParticipantHis eyes are upon you.
Demon face with burning eyes.
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January 11, 2023 at 6:16 pm #561568
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantMark, yes on those big glowing eyes.
A Big Question Mark
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January 14, 2023 at 1:59 am #561884
Keelin
ParticipantBrilliant shot, Mark! Hot and cool at the same time. ;)
Big Question Mark makes me wonder what might have preceded it, Ruth. Love the mystery you’ve captured in a single punctuation mark!
Here’s another bit of sky text in the form of a fuzzy tilde. Or perhaps it’s more recognizable as a cloud caterpillar beneath a crescent moon?
Fuzzy Tilde or Caterpillar and Crescent Moon?
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January 21, 2023 at 7:09 pm #562633
Keelin
ParticipantDragon in Heated Conversation with Tinker Bell
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January 25, 2023 at 6:23 am #562980
Ayaan Gupta
ParticipantHere is my first picture. I am new to the society. Hope you like it.
Whale
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January 25, 2023 at 4:12 pm #563034
Keelin
ParticipantA warm welcome to CAS and the forum, Ayaan. Your photo of a whale sailing serenely through a bright sea of sky is lovely.
This “looks-like” topic is definitely a playful one, although other topics (especially Black and White) offer occasional good teases for the imagination as well. For those of us with a strong sense of pareidolia, it’s always fun to see what sails by in the great blue menagerie above our noggins. Hope to see more of what you see in the days to come!
Blue Crane Blowing a Bubble
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