Cloudscapes Volume VII
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September 21, 2022 at 11:16 pm #548501Patricia L KeelinParticipant
As Duncan noted at the wrap of Volume VI, the clouds on International Cloud Appreciation Day did not disappoint for many sky observers across the globe. Even those who found a blank blue canvas above expressed gratitude for what comes and goes, forms and flows on the whims of winds and wishes. What new visions await us in Volume VII? Here’s a start with a cloudscape that looks as if a leafy tree was employed as a sky artist’s paintbrush.
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September 22, 2022 at 2:36 am #548512Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, thanks for starting up a new volume. I did enjoy the international day. I saw yours too. I just didn’t see any dramatic clouds that day. Very fun to contribute. Happy autumn. Just having some color changes and cooler temps.
Always A Bike Ride
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September 27, 2022 at 2:09 am #548879Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Inviting scene, Ruth! And that path looks like it would make a wonderful ride. Hopefully one that is smoother than this textured sky.
Rough Road Ahead
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October 3, 2022 at 5:25 pm #549428Duncan BulmanParticipant
Sometimes we say that we got booted out of a thermal – this must be the culprit.
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October 3, 2022 at 5:28 pm #549429Duncan BulmanParticipant
What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours
From this to…
this
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October 4, 2022 at 6:49 pm #549529Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, rough road could be a nice bowl of cottage cheese. Yum.
Duncan, great skies for you to ride.
Hoping I caught the Big Curl. Only May Be. 
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October 12, 2022 at 10:16 pm #550748Jill ZignegoParticipant
Highway clouds…..
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October 17, 2022 at 10:54 pm #551920Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Quite a boot there, Duncan! Glad you made it down safely. And a dramatic skyful you captured along the highway, Jill.
Ruth, it sure looks like you caught those curls just in time. We all know how quickly clouds move…
Heartless? Not for long! ;)
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October 22, 2022 at 9:59 pm #552381Ruth QuistParticipant
Jill, your highway clouds are a moving along. I can feel a cool breeze too.
Keelin, a deck of hearts. The sky does love you.
Looking back a few years, always about the ride and now it’s about the clouds.
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October 30, 2022 at 12:57 pm #553062Duncan BulmanParticipant
Ruth,
Can it not be about both?
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October 30, 2022 at 12:55 pm #553061Duncan BulmanParticipant
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November 6, 2022 at 4:36 pm #553736Ruth QuistParticipant
Duncan, you are so correct. Cloud spotting can happen with any activity. Super cool photo above. Abstract with tons of textures.
Wide Load
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November 9, 2022 at 10:10 pm #554076Ruth QuistParticipant
May be a Fluctus snuck in the scene.
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November 11, 2022 at 1:38 am #554174Patricia L KeelinParticipant
You’re so right, Duncan. It can be both—and what a wild ride your latest photo looks to be. Fabulous and other worldly.
And Ruth, the road certainly beckons seductively, Wide Load fits its title well, and I think a curling iron is evident in your latest.
Moonball
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November 13, 2022 at 8:01 pm #554365Duncan BulmanParticipant
After a foggy morning the sky turned to this. In the centre is a fallstreak hole, this is the second of two that appeared within about an hour of each other.
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November 23, 2022 at 3:46 am #555416Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Great photo, Duncan! Leave it to fog to lift the curtain on a surprising cloudscape. Glad you were in the audience.
Fan Dance
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December 5, 2022 at 8:27 pm #557206Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, boy do I have a vision of a fan dancer. Lovely photo plus I think I see a dog with a ball. Let’s all play.
Duncan. I have yet to see a fallstreak hole. Can’t wait. Very interesting picture.
Spinning Top
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December 11, 2022 at 6:41 pm #557796Ruth QuistParticipant
Settling In
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December 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm #558398Ruth QuistParticipant
Dancing In The Street
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December 19, 2022 at 3:32 pm #558744Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ruth, you’ve really captured the vast beauty in those your Montana cloudscapes! Settling In is especially captivating. I can feel the cool dampness of those low clouds.
Old Paintbrushes
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December 28, 2022 at 6:04 pm #560049Gregory VenarskyParticipant
Love the mountains as always Ruth. And Keelin your old paintbrushes seem to have painted the sky marvelously.
Here is a cloudscape from a few miles from my house. Hope you enjoy!
Growing
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January 1, 2023 at 12:45 am #560413Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thanks, Gregory! And what a sky full of promise you’ve captured in Growing. The landscape has the look of a vineyard. Will the water that falls there eventually become wine?
Felicitations
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January 8, 2023 at 11:02 pm #561361Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin you always capture the beauty of clouds. Soft and inspiring.
Gregory, your photo is just plain luscious. Wonderful landscape.
Moonscape
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January 12, 2023 at 3:45 am #561604Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thanks, Ruth! And what a gorgeous moon shot you captured there. I can imagine it held you in place for awhile, even though the night air may have been rather cool.
We are having wild, wet weather here in California. Feeling very grateful to not be situated in the zones that are currently flooding while my heart goes out to those not so fortunate. Mother Nature is definitely in charge!
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January 13, 2023 at 11:33 pm #561869Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, hoping you are not in a flood state yourself. Just awful week in CA weather history. But you caught a grand photo which made the gallery. I grew up in Sacramento so I still follow the west coast happenings.
Quiet Here
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January 14, 2023 at 1:16 am #561876Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thanks, Ruth. Fortunately not in a flood zone, but know others who have had to evacuate. Too much of a good thing all at once here on the west coast. Quiet Here looks so peaceful!
Got Rain Boots?
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January 22, 2023 at 8:00 pm #562721Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin Got rain boots is so correct with all that water in CA. The roads are a mess. We had bad floods last spring and wiped out roads in Yellowstone.
Filling Up The Sky
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January 25, 2023 at 4:38 am #562977Michael LerchParticipant
an Arizona Cloudscape
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February 7, 2023 at 4:10 am #564484Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape#2
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February 11, 2023 at 7:11 pm #565009Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, love your last two photos.
Dinner Plates On The Move
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February 16, 2023 at 3:49 am #565381Michael LerchParticipant
A sky full of lennys! cool! Thx Ruth!
Cloudscape #3
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February 19, 2023 at 1:43 am #565609Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Got room for more on those great dinner plates? Love the latest servings.
Blotchy Blues
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February 21, 2023 at 5:54 pm #565888Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, love the tree and shades of blue.
Michael, #3 must be a pileus you captured. Cool shot.
Last of the Plates
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February 23, 2023 at 4:52 pm #566092Ruth QuistParticipant
Move On Over
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March 2, 2023 at 2:01 am #566697Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ruth, I love the smooth glide of that Last Plate slipping into place. A quiet scene compared to the buildup happening above.
In between storms in Santa Cruz (California) last week, there was this view from the wharf where a great exchange was taking place—clouds becoming sea as sea became cloud.
The Meeting Place
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March 3, 2023 at 10:23 pm #566842Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, I love your sky meets water. A perfect blend. Hope it was a fun trip.
Heading West (actually to the ocean)
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March 4, 2023 at 1:29 am #566852Robert PearsonParticipant
First post and not sure of procedure yet. I’m also beginning with cloud ID. Cirrus but what kind and maybe cirrocumulus at the bottom?
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March 4, 2023 at 9:39 pm #566900Lisa WattersParticipant
Like many across America, we have been buried in snow this Winter. Now the sun is peeking out. I love how these clouds hug the mountainside; they still have a little snow left to drop.
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March 5, 2023 at 7:00 am #566931Robert PearsonParticipant
Just your typical downtown cloud…. WA state.
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March 5, 2023 at 9:58 pm #566974Hans StockerParticipant
Great cloudscapes Robert. I already noticed you found the part of the Forum dedicated to cloud identification, but here you have also posted a cirrus sky with the question what kind of cirrus there are in your first post here. It s not an easy one in my opinion. To begin with the streaks of cirrus perpendicular to each other betray the duplicatus variety of cirrus being present at different levels in the sky. It may seem a bit arbitrary but I see a lot of different kinds of cirrus: fibratus, uncinus, intortus and vertebratus as well. The woolly tufts at the bottom of the image seem to me altocumulus, being too large to be cirrocumulus. I am curious for other opinions.
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March 6, 2023 at 3:32 am #566981Robert PearsonParticipant
The cloud in the post at 7:00 a.m. was just part of a really huge cloud formation with different compoments. I’ll post 4 photos showing different apsects of the entire cloud. This first one was taken at my house (the earlier one was about a mile away in town). This firt photo shows parts of four major components, which all seemed to be tied together.
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March 6, 2023 at 3:35 am #566982Robert PearsonParticipant
This photo shows the part of the cloud that was at the top of the formation from this viewpoint. I was looking almost straight up.
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March 6, 2023 at 3:36 am #566983Robert PearsonParticipant
This is a pan photo, which is why there is a curve, and shows just 2/3 to 1/2 of the entire cloud left to right.
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March 6, 2023 at 3:39 am #566984Robert PearsonParticipant
And finally I had to drive back downtown and then several miles out to get a good photo of one end of th cloud formation. I hope iy was okay to approach it like this. Each photo is kinda cool on it’s own merit, and there was no way I could get eve close to the entire could formation in oe photo.
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March 7, 2023 at 9:27 am #567068Robert PearsonParticipant
Holy cow! Multiple lenticular clouds with one doozy. Washngton, USA.
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March 7, 2023 at 4:58 pm #567102Ruth QuistParticipant
Robert, a big welcome to you and your incredible photos. Before I forget, you should consider sending your above photo to the gallery or cloud-a-day. It is out of this world!! Hope you are enjoying posting on the forums. I love the forums for sharing and learning. There is some humor too.
Sliver Of Light
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March 8, 2023 at 1:48 am #567136Robert PearsonParticipant
Clouds in the belfry.
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March 8, 2023 at 6:58 am #567147Robert PearsonParticipant
Hi Ruth. I’m really enjoying going through all the great cloud photos on the forums. I’m a little lost on what the different categories are for, like the cloud a day and gallery. I’m not sure what is appropriate for each. I’m still learning the clouds and have many I’m unsure of, like in this photo.
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March 14, 2023 at 7:48 pm #567693Ruth QuistParticipant
Robert, your photos are definitely exciting. I am fairly new to cloud spotting myself. I would take a guess that your recent clouds maybe cirrus. If you haven’t already purchased ” The Cloud Collector’s Handbook by Gavin, it is a great and constant recourse for me. I bought my copy on Amazon for around $13. The cloud library on this website is dandy too. Keep them pictures coming. You will meet some fun folks that are witty and knowledgeable.
A Small Cake
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March 22, 2023 at 3:51 pm #568200Ruth QuistParticipant
Up Up And Away
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March 28, 2023 at 1:13 am #568692Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thanks, Ruth! Hope your visit to the ocean was a fun trip for you too. Sliver of Light is quite a delight, and Small Cake has no calories, right?
Lookinup, your snowy scene reminds me of x-country skiing days. What a great view!
And Robert, welcome — so delighted you are posting to the Forum topics. You have a keen eye for clouds in their many forms of splendor no matter what category they happen to fall within.
Here in northern California, we’re ready for more of the wet stuff.
Expecting Another Downpour
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March 28, 2023 at 1:24 am #568694Patricia L KeelinParticipant
For those who enjoy a playful sense of pareidolia, you might find a puppy about to splash into a rain puddle below (may be easier to see when the image is made smaller).
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March 31, 2023 at 4:48 pm #569161Ariel KotkerParticipant
Some absolute beauties on here! I’m so thankful for everyone sharing their sights.
Just before sunrise this morning, this wispy bit floated by what I guess is an upper perihelion and a faint sun pillar, beaming out a crepuscular ray from the other side.
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April 3, 2023 at 5:22 am #569371Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape
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April 7, 2023 at 9:39 pm #569748Robert PearsonParticipant
potpouri
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April 9, 2023 at 3:42 am #569860Robert PearsonParticipant
I posted this in Contrails and don’t know if posting in two threads is okay, but the photo seemed worthy of a cloudscape post. In addition to the contrail there is a very symmetrical and smooth lenticular cloud above Mt Rainier, and really interesting background clouds. What the background clouds may be, I don’t know.
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April 11, 2023 at 7:55 pm #570066Ruth QuistParticipant
Robert, both photos are stunners. Your latest is a mouth dropper! I will guess your clouds in question could be Altostratus if it is a mid-level cloud. Another member may have a better idea. So glad you joined the forums. Your photos are a real treat.
A Variety Pack
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April 11, 2023 at 10:40 pm #570100Robert PearsonParticipant
Thanks Ruth. I’m really glad to have found the society. It’s a lot of fun looking at all the photos and posting too. Everyone haas great photos! The closer you look at clouds, the more you find. I like photos like your last one that shows different types in the same sky. There are clouds to fit every mood.
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April 20, 2023 at 9:57 pm #570747Ruth QuistParticipant
Glacier National Park
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May 1, 2023 at 10:00 pm #571899Ruth QuistParticipant
Clouds Having Fun
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May 5, 2023 at 1:47 pm #572224Robert PearsonParticipant
Light behind the clouds
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May 7, 2023 at 6:01 am #572396Robert PearsonParticipant
Lenticular clouds with a hint of sunset
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May 8, 2023 at 9:48 am #572489Robert PearsonParticipant
Wispy cirrus
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May 9, 2023 at 7:40 pm #572640Hans StockerParticipant
Robert, what an impressive lenticular cloud with a hint of sunset. Love it.
Love the play of light in your “Light behind the clouds” too, Ruth.
Stormcloud
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May 16, 2023 at 10:04 pm #573220Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans, that was a big fella.
Escape Route
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May 19, 2023 at 6:08 pm #573440Patricia L KeelinParticipant
From delicate to robust, you’ve all been capturing the clouds ways that amaze! Thanks to all for sharing their skyfuls of wonder.
Coming Soon!
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May 25, 2023 at 10:30 pm #574038Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, those are some hefty clouds.
Weather Moving In
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May 31, 2023 at 1:36 am #574374Robert PearsonParticipant
An ominous mood, Ruth.
Here’s some more incoming with wind.
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May 31, 2023 at 1:38 am #574375Robert PearsonParticipant
Lines in the sky
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June 2, 2023 at 4:53 am #574544Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape
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June 3, 2023 at 1:08 am #574660Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Looks like some seriously wet weather heading for Ruth and Robert while Michael gets playful clouds tumbleweeding their way across AZ skies. Just never know what will roll in.
Sky Surf
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June 7, 2023 at 10:30 pm #575056Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, nice clouds you caught. Keelin, surfs up. Robert, always mesmerizing photos.
Not Harsh
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June 8, 2023 at 11:50 pm #575111Bill StanderferParticipant
Some severe weather on the Colorado Front Range east of Fort Collins a couple of days ago. The wide view shows the cumulonimbus with a little dust being kicked up in the lower center part of the photo. The close up view shows a landspout (a non supercell tornado) in open country which, as far as I know, caused no damage. We see a lot of landspouts in this area during thunderstorm season.
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June 9, 2023 at 12:03 am #575113Bill StanderferParticipant
Thunderstorms building over the Mosquito Range in the Colorado Rockies yesterday from 12,500′. In the distance is rain falling over Leadville, Colorado. On the left are the two highest mountains in Colorado, hidden in the clouds.
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June 20, 2023 at 9:30 pm #576014Ruth QuistParticipant
Bill, stunning photos from your airplane. That must be the best way to cloud spot!!
Majestic
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June 23, 2023 at 4:16 pm #576235Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ruth, I love the soft, subtle colors you capture in many your photos. Your recent Asperity’s over Wolf Creek featured on the Gallery has such a quiet beauty.
Bill, thanks for sharing your dramatic skies there. Thunderstorm season sounds exciting!
On a recent flight to Colorado, I was lucky to have window seat…
In Flight Entertainment
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June 23, 2023 at 5:21 pm #576241Bill StanderferParticipant
Ruth and Keelin, thanks for the comments. I love to fly around buildups like that before they get too big when I can stay out of them. You can almost literally reach out and touch them, but they are pretty bumpy inside. Once they turn into thunderstorms, though, I give them a wide margin.
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June 24, 2023 at 4:39 pm #576309Duncan BulmanParticipant
Hi folks, it has been a while.
After so many days of just blue sky over the last few weeks the clouds have once again graced us with their presence and they didn’t disappoint.
Yesterday’s sky over the airfield. Honestly, the picture doesn’t do it justice it was much more sublime than any photograph can capture.
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July 4, 2023 at 6:04 am #577009Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape
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July 7, 2023 at 2:36 am #577238Ariel KotkerParticipant
blue-white-blue
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July 7, 2023 at 6:14 pm #577285Ruth QuistParticipant
Nice photos everyone. Rays, airplanes, and fluffy clouds.
A Green Field
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July 14, 2023 at 9:25 pm #577782Ruth QuistParticipant
Soft and Fluffy
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July 15, 2023 at 1:19 am #577800Robert PearsonParticipant
Airbrushed clouds
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July 19, 2023 at 3:20 am #578157Robert PearsonParticipant
Anyone have and ID for these unusual clouds?
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July 19, 2023 at 4:48 pm #578188Ruth QuistParticipant
Robert, some nice photos you have going. I will take a stab at your second capture. It looks to me like a mammatus cloud formation. There may be other members who have another thought.
Take The High Road
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July 26, 2023 at 5:55 pm #578987Ruth QuistParticipant
A Simple Curl
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August 16, 2023 at 3:22 pm #580796Ruth QuistParticipant
Big and Fluffy
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August 22, 2023 at 7:37 pm #581189Ruth QuistParticipant
Everywhere and No Where
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August 31, 2023 at 4:14 am #581835Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape
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September 1, 2023 at 10:11 pm #581980AnonymousInactive
Nice thread!
Devon, UK 1/09/23
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September 17, 2023 at 4:46 pm #583463Ruth QuistParticipant
Tony, nice to have you join the thread. Lovely photo. Vast is the Sky
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September 21, 2023 at 7:43 pm #583902Ruth QuistParticipant
The Glob
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September 21, 2023 at 9:00 pm #583908AnonymousInactive
Thanks Ruth. That’s definitely a glob – we get them here. This one’s curly.
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September 23, 2023 at 2:29 am #584038Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Wow, nice work, everyone!
Colorado Cloudscape
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September 24, 2023 at 5:20 pm #584118Ruth QuistParticipant
Tony, once again a great capture in your curly one.
Keelin, Colorado sky in showing quite the dance.
Yep, Saucers.
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October 3, 2023 at 5:55 pm #584879Ruth QuistParticipant
Roll Up The Carpet
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October 9, 2023 at 11:28 am #585339Hans StockerParticipant
I scrolled a lot back before posting a new cloudscape and enjoyed amazing cloudscapes by all. I just want to mention Robert Pearson with his ‘Lenticular clouds with a hint of sunset’. I love that one in particular. Did you ever consider to send this one (or another) to the gallery to share it with a lot more members, Robert? Find the “Sumit an image” button at the top right of the gallery page. I look certainly forward to your contributions(s?). The mamma you spotted is also quite remarkable.
Crown
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October 28, 2023 at 8:28 pm #586861Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans, some mamma in your shot. Exciting photo.
The Mushroom
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October 29, 2023 at 10:51 pm #586927Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ruth, can you send your Saucers over here? I love how you caught that gentle light and soft blue below their hovering features. Beautiful!
And Hans, your Crown is a glorious celebration!
Soft Clouds Late In The Day
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November 3, 2023 at 10:25 pm #587921Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, looking like a fine morning in your soft clouds. Maybe some spirits dancing too.
Morning Drama
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November 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm #588093Christopher HernandezParticipant
Sometimes I look up and am amazed at the sheer size of clouds
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