Color Thread Vol. VIII
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Great start to Vol. VIII, Michael– Love the perpendicular angle on this one!
I’ll join you with a colorful little ditty from tonight’s session I’ll just call “Nebula.” With the sun on the horizon behind, a thin spot opened up in the nimbostratus to let enough light through to backlight the fractus in front.
Nebula
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Hey, I wanted to give this one some special attention from last evening— this is the first time I’ve directly observed what appears to be Cirrocumulus Lacunosus.
Is this the right identification do you think? Should I post over in the Identification topic?
I was a bit stunned and a bit giddy at how remarkable the sort of pock-marked texture is– really made me wonder what the wind and temperature up there are doing to create these.
First shot is a crop of the upper-right of the second shot to really show the texture up close. Second shot is the context.
Thoughts?
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Daniel..Yes,correct..lacunosus is created by descending cold air and rising warm air currents..Cold air holds less moisture so cloud is condensed out of it. Warm air holds more moisture so moisture is vaporized back into the atmosphere. Lacunosus shows where the cold descending air is and where the ascending warmer air currents are.
Arizona Color#808
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This Color Thread is creating a wonderful tapestry.
Daniel, both Cirrusly Confused and Wisps of Wonder make me smile. Not only are the images lovely, your clever titles also reflect a mind state I can easily relate to.
Hans, in Coming Or Going? it’s hard to tell, but fun to wonder. I suspect this is not a question the clouds ask themselves often. The image makes a fine companion to Flow, which might also ask the same question.
And Michael, amazing diversity you’ve captured in these latest images. I keep falling into the scalloped indentation in #807, while #808 beckons with a surrealscape. And I long to knit something soft and warm with those beautiful strands of wooly cloud in #812.
Below, the late afternoon sun found just the right spot to shine through. A portal of sorts?
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It looks like if I gave a squeeze to #815, it would have the soft feel of chenille, Michael. And there’s more softness to embrace in images that follow from Hans, Andy and Ruth.
Love the compositions and subtle hues in Mystery Mystical, Composition in Cirrus, and Arizona #816. Here’s one aiming to keep in tone with those.
Learning To Drift -
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Perfect, title for Entering the Atmosphere, Hans. Michael– #819 is crazy! Really cool whale in the sea of blue, Ruth, and what the heck is going on up there, Keelin? Love them all!
Another change of weather stirred things up again here yesterday and left my mouth watering and soul full of joy. Here’s a couple of my favs:
They’re … here….
Travail
In Flux
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Daniel, I keep going back for another look at Travail. So ocean-like in the upper half, and convincingly cloud-like in the lower. Beautiful!
And you’ve said it, Ruth! Thanks for sharing the rhythm reset with your lovely Squeeze of a Rainbow.
Michael, love the colors in #821 and the 3-D effect you managed to capture.
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Yeah, Keelin– that was a rarefied capture for sure and ranks up there in my top favorites. Very cool Splash of Intortus, btw.
Here’s the full set from that evening: https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/profile/?daniel1/photos/album/2511
Love the depth in “Squeeze of the Rainbow” Ruth- water to hills to sky, beautiful composition.
And Michael— #821, I might be tempted to coin, “Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble” if it weren’t so gorgeous (and it’s the wrong time of year… )
Another from my 6/11 set. I actually followed this one up the valley where it eventually grew and put in a pretty good lightning show:
Peaking Out of the Covers – By Baby Cumulonimbus
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After some absence in this thread it is so nice to see what has been posted lately. Love ‘This That And Then Some’ by Keelin (the fantastic title as well!), ‘In Flux’ and ‘Peaking Out Of The Covers’ by Daniel, ‘Squeeze Of A Rainbow’ by Ruth and the different bluesy ones by Michael. All very inspiring.
Little Color But Enough -
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Ah, lovely swirls of blues and grays above, Michael! Reminds me of dancing with abandon.
And Ruth, congratulations on your misty river photo featured on the Gallery today! That subtle hint of blue brings such a delightful sense of anticipation. What a beautiful image!
The Urge To Explore What’s Just Over The Ridge -
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What does this remark about parking meters mean Michael? It seems to come out of the blue. Thinking about it I remembered a favorite cartoon: Guust Flater (very Flanders, Belgium) who has his practical jokes and conflicts about parking meters with the seriously dedicated officer Vondelaar. Here is an example of which I presume I don’t have to translate the words.
I know, this is rather off-topic, so back to Color! I see this mask in #827, Michael. And there is this intriguing Rhapsody In Blue by Ruth!. To quote Keelin I think we share the urge to explore what’s just over the ridge (great title and spotting as well). In my opinion it will be no surprise: more clouds!
Misty
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You’ve given us a fine riddle, Michael! As Hans noted, it seemed to come (literally!) out of the blue, and had me looking several times at the image with head atilt. Aha! Could it be that arched bit behind the cloud’s ridge that suddenly sparks paredolia? It does, in fact look like the head of a parking meter.
Well, I hope we won’t have to pay per hour if we do park our eyes in the clouds. And I wouldn’t really worry unless this is a sign of things to come. Then again, just yesterday, in the same area of the sky, there appeared something quite similar…
A Mere Meter MatterWorries aside, I especially like your very scenic Arizona Color #831.
And wow, Ruth, Rhapsody in Blue is music to my eyes. Gorgeous!
And Hans, that cartoon has dreamlike qualities and ja, no translation is needed to decipher its humor. Clarity, aside, I also like Misty.
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Oh ,okay, the parking meter line has to do with signing in to this website. The ” I am not a robot” almost got me on a ,,identify all the pictures with a parking meter”..I was fine until the green one. I had no idea if it was a parking meter or not and only guessed that because no other picture could be the 3rd parking meter,so the green one had to be a parking meter even tho I had never seen one like that. Point being, there are differences between us all and the cultures we exist in..but clouds are clouds, cumulus is cumulus no matter where in the world you see them…the universal of clouds…ok..a joke dissected dies on the operating table.
anyway..
Arizona Color#832
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Ruth, yes there are set ups where there are no pics of what is asked. The “Skip” button is to be clicked on. I didn’t see the Skip option at first either. It would be fun and interesting if we were tasked to identify all the pics with clouds in them..or..even specific types of clouds :O
Arizona Color#833
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Michael, Hans, and Ruth: The wide variety in your recent lovely images has me musing on how droplets of one cloud must have been, and in time surely become, droplets of another. Indeed, what goes around, comes around, sometimes in dramatically altered form! And what better day than today, August 8th—International Infinity Day!—to celebrate this wonder. Here’s to our joyous sharing of clouds forever!
Cirrus Intortus Lemniscate
(a cropped version of this photo was previously posted to the B&W topic, 2019)
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What’s a cloud-lover to do while waiting out the doldrums of summer’s all-blue skies? This morning, I let my disappointed eyes drift down. They settled with a sigh to rest on a beautiful tree packed with deep green leaves. After a short while, I lifted my eyes to the skies again, and lo and behold, there it was—a big beautiful cumulous cloud! As if my wish alone had conjured it! Alas, all too soon, the bright afterimage of that lovely, dark-leafed tree superimposed upon the blank canvas of sky, dissolved before my very eyes. For a moment though, seeing was believing, and that moment made me smile.
Not A Cloud In The Sky
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Not A Cloud In The Sky is very creative and enchanting as well Keelin. A wonderful picture with a magical text. It gives a tingling experience. Love it.
Yes, endless possibilities Ruth. Very nice cloudscape with all kind of details in a mixed sky above the misty land.
May the force be with you all :)
Winged Horizon
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Thank you, Ruth and Hans, for your kind words. Endless Possibilities is exactly that and kept me hopeful, Ruth, while Winged Horizon (wow!) lifted my spirits, Hans.
And then today, this surprise… It called for a joyful bit of dancing right there in the middle of the street.
Celebration!
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A lovely Pastel Painting, Hans. I like the soft feel of it and can enjoy a calm breath just gazing at it. And a wonderful capture, Michael! That one makes me want to hold my breath as if swimming beneath an ice floe. A cool adventure.
For Hans: As for an “affinity…with infinity” ;) … It mist be the allure of the ineffable that holds the appeal for this girl from the north campus. Well, I meant to write must, but there you have it. It’s all in the mist! And what happens in Vagueness might well stay in Vagueness were it not for the clarity and precision of mathematics. Recently, I had to smile (surely a curve of measurable measure?) when a friend mentioned irrational numbers. Just thinking about such concepts as infinity and non-duality, even the magic of the möbius strip (where does one start when there is no end?) tickles my mind with wonder. Mathematics may be a different language, one that I cannot speak or understand, but it holds a beauty all its own. Not unlike an appreciation for clouds. While I don’t know or understand all the science of their making, they tickle my eyes and spirit nonetheless. Likely just another part of the dreamer within.
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Keelin, thank you for answering so nicely my – maybe cheeky – question about your affinity with infinity. Your wording is a pleasure to read and I had a laugh about your observation of the irrational numbers. Do you know there are also imaginary numbers? And it struck me that you mentioned the Möbius strip. I assume you know the drawing by Escher of the ants on a Möbius strip? When I was at school (ahh, ages ago!) I used to make Möbius strips with paper and glue and then cut them in two (lengthwise). Try it and see what happens.
You are right, beauty does not have to be understood. It just have to be recognized like you explain so well, comparing math with the appreciation of clouds. So let’s keep on tickling the eye and spirit with cloudy surprises as you did with your ingenious ‘On Its Way To Becoming A Möbius Cloud Strip’. Love it!
You wrote “Vagueness might well stay in Vagueness” and maybe next one illustrates that (a bit).
Wavy Vagueness
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Ah, Ruth, that is a lovely Light! And the coolness of the scene is so welcomed at this moment. Thank you, too, for well wishes. Still outside the evacuation zone here, but air and ash are a potent reminder of what’s too close for comfort. Feeling deeply for those who are nearer to the flames and must be overwhelmed with familiar anxieties.
Another cool comfort is your Wavy Vagueness, Hans—and your fun reply. What?! You say there are also imaginary numbers?! Something like that afterimage cloud I ‘saw’ recently? The idea alone creates a strange sensation in my noggin, like a subtle pressure system building, causing the cloud of a wild thought to form. It just goes to show the mind is as unbound as the sky, creating combinations that baffle and bewilder, illuminate and inspire. And yes, the Escher ants! I believe I’ve seen their loopiness in real life. And oh, the memory (half a century ago!) of möbius notes passed surreptitiously in high school (…they kissed and then…). The repeated curls of Kelvin-Helmholtz come to mind, although, and alas, they fade in no time.
Meanwhile, there is this alway room (and time) for more…
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Ruth, this is surprising. I answered Keelin yesterday and I had not seen yet your ’Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ despite you posted it before my post. Unexpected behavior of the site I suppose. I love it. It has a mysterious abounded feel with these bare tree trunks in the middle.
Michael you captured a lovely lonely little cumulus being sandwiched in Arizona Color #834 (but I prefer the words Keelin used to describe that one).
Keelin, having read your nice and also eloquent answer I am very curious for the clouds that will be caused by a wild thought from you. Maybe I have seen already a lot of examples – like Floating Inspirations – but this seems to promise something …… yes, what? I look forward to it for sure!
Next one is dedicated to memories of good old times.
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Hans, I totally understand both versions. Glad you liked my Tunnel. I wanted to tell you the colors you captured in Pastel Painting are my favorite. When looking to paint a wall or for selecting carpet, I have learned to see what color combinations are in bird feathers or flowers. Now I will add sky.
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Speckled Skyscape
Silent Swimmer
Entrance To The Twilight Zone
The Enchantment Zone
Something Veiled?
My mystery mystical cloud. The shape was just captivating.
Learning To Drift
Can a whale be delicate and soft?
This That And Then Some
Daniel, A show in the sky always resets my rhythm. I truly loved Travail. I will throw in my :
A Splash Of Intortus
Michael, thanks so much for noticing my gallery picture. It is always a special time to see my photo.
Michael, the blues in your 822 and 823 are so rich. I will throw in my :
Hans and Michael, your past submissions are so unique. Blues to greys. This forum is exciting to follow because it is so eclectic. My contribution will be:
Virtual Vacation
The Urge To Explore What’s Just Over The Ridge
Keelin, thanks much for your lovely compliment on my fog photo. It disappeared at the blink of an eye. Going to add some more blues.
A Mere Meter Matter
I too have had parking meters issues. Asked once about an imagine that was not even a choice. Back to the wonderful and fulfilling world of clouds.
Keelin, your words are invigorating. I would say the force was with you today.
On Its Way To Becoming A Möbius Cloud Strip
Everyone’s pictures are just a WOW! Such style. Keelin, I hope you are safe from the California fires.
Floating Inspirations
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