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Is this cloud what I think it is?

Is this cloud what I think it is?

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    • March 19, 2018 at 7:24 pm #263807
      Gainor Roberts avatarGainor Roberts
      Participant

      fluctus clouds #2 8 x 10

      Can anyone give me a yea, or nay, on this cloud formation I saw in central Florida a few days ago.

    • March 19, 2018 at 8:04 pm #263813
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      I’d give it a yea Gainor. Who’s next?

    • March 19, 2018 at 8:14 pm #263816
      Gainor Roberts avatarGainor Roberts
      Participant

      Thanks much! I’ve been waiting to see one of these for years! Next I might post the painting I intend to do of this one. Stay tuned.

    • March 19, 2018 at 11:47 pm #263842
      Gavin Pretor-Pinney avatarGavin Pretor-Pinney
      Keymaster

      Yes, I’d agree. The right side of the cloud looks to me like a Kelvin-Helmholtz formation (now known officially as fluctus). Do post your painting here when it’s finished!

    • March 20, 2018 at 11:53 am #263917
      Gainor Roberts avatarGainor Roberts
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      Thank you for verifying my sighting, Gavin. It is a good thing I wasn’t driving that day, as I might have bumped into a tree, I got so excited. Actually there were two of these Kelvin-Helmholst formations in the sky that day. I will certainly post my painting here when it is done. I have painted many cloud paintings over the years, so this selection from my website might be a teaser for you of paintings to come!

      http://www.gainor.biz/skyscape_series.html

    • March 21, 2018 at 4:52 pm #264144
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      The excitement is understandable, Gainor. You were indeed lucky! These K-H formations are such a tease. By the time one parks the car, they’re already waving bye-bye as in the image below, caught just a couple of days ago. I look forward to seeing your painting — a great way to continue celebrating your sighting.

      IMG_8479_Fading K-H

    • March 21, 2018 at 5:54 pm #264151
      Gainor Roberts avatarGainor Roberts
      Participant

      Yes, working on the preliminary stuff to get my painting underway. Canvas ordered a few minutes ago and I thought it appropriate to get special Fibonacci dimensions which makes my canvas a Golden Rectangle. Happy stuff for happy stuff in the sky! Lovely photo you posted! Thanks.

    • May 27, 2018 at 8:45 pm #277137
      Gainor Roberts avatarGainor Roberts
      Participant

      Catching Ordinary Fish and Rare Clouds 600 x375

      • May 28, 2018 at 12:45 pm #277218
        Gavin Pretor-Pinney avatarGavin Pretor-Pinney
        Keymaster

        That’s a great painting, Gainor! It’s so nice to see such a specific and special formation depicted in a painting. Congratulations on a fantastic end result.

    • May 28, 2018 at 3:04 pm #277239
      Gainor Roberts avatarGainor Roberts
      Participant

      Thank you so much, Gavin. Everyone of my friends and students who see my painting in my studio love this one too. It is rather unusual for me to paint a landscape like this these days, although I have done many, and many cloud paintings, too. This one seems to grab people. I’m not sure why, but I’ll take the compliments!

      Oddly, some of these same people are sure they have seen the K-H cloud in the days after they see my painting. How weird is that?

      Thanks again, and thanks for putting the CAS together for us cloud maniacs!

      Gainor

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