Clouds-that-look-like-things Volume VI
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Volume 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.
Beware Of The Tiger -
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A 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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Even 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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i 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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Hans,
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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keelin, 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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What 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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I’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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Thanks 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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Duncan, 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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Brilliant 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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A 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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Keelin, you made me laugh several times. First with the hilarious Dragon in Heated Conversation with Tinker Bell and then with Blue Crane Blowing a Bubble. It sure is a strange menagerie high up. Love it. And I also have to mention an older post with a Wooly Friend of Billy In A High Wind. I hope to see Billy himself pop up once again. He may hide but he can’t escape our pareidolic eyes.
And welcome Ayaan in this playful thread. You make a great entrance with your Whale.
I don’t remember having used already a different version of next one in the B&W thread, but here it is…
Holy Cow
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Robert, your Scream is fantastic! And those wiggly dark clouds alongside it add to its impact.
Thanks, Ruth. Always a delight, as you well know, to be able to share even further via the Gallery. And what a treat to see Billy still up to mischief, this time over your skies there. Never know where that little goat will show up next.
Meanwhile, two dogs and a very tiny crescent moon appeared in the clouds below. It’s fun to see one pup, then the other, jump out each time I look at the photo. There’s a third dog and even a bit of Billy, if one spends a bit more time agaze, but they don’t appear (at least to my eye) as obvious as the two outlined further below.
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Robert, I doubt those lovely hot air balloons would satisfy the fellow in your previous photo. The little smear of iridescence on his cheek makes me suspect he might have just indulged in a rainbow, which although colorful, probably couldn’t be very filling. He is, nevertheless, quite a wonderful character.
Here’s someone else with an insatiable appetite…
Still Hungry
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I love your surprising Yellyfish Keelin. It is so funny that Ruth found Billy and he is even playing with one of your pups Keelin. I love the funny looking hungry fellow by Robert too. So much fun in this thread!
You might think next one belongs in the thread for optical phenomena, but it might be as well a very different phenomenon.
Caspar The Friendly Ghost
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Indeed, this topic is wonder-fully fun. I love that aha! moment when an image clicks into alignment with the title offered. Lady Feeding The Birds and Teenager Blowing Smoke are both so clever, Hans and Ruth.
Here is one that followed the photo I posted to the Optical Phenomenon topic. Same sky—and could be the same story.
…And Then A Moose Came Running
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Keelin, your composition of “It all depends on how you look at it…” is fantastic. Love it. And your “Ocean Jelly in a Salty Sea” as well. And I had a good laugh about your Victorian Flirting Accessory.
Ruth, I love your “Single Jellyfish (hold the peanut butter)”. Very funny.
I Don’t Know What Creature I am, But I know I know I am Going To Eat Something That’s On My Way -
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My Covid Coif
Hunt And Peck For A Few More Feathers
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Bird Whisperer
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