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  • in reply to: Black and White Cloud Photos Volume XVII #469896
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Arizona B&W#722

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    in reply to: Color Thread Vol. X #469665
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Keelin having some fun!

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    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol.4 #469384
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    Ruth, you have multiple layers of cloud in that shot which sometime is an indicator of Asperitas to come.

     

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    in reply to: Black and White Cloud Photos Volume XVII #469137
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Nice work Keelin! Engrossing illusions!

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    in reply to: Optical Phenomena Volume IV #468843
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Another Lunar Halo!..shot on the night of 1/27/21jan2721b1770LunarHalo

     

    in reply to: Color Thread Vol. X #468593
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    Arizona Color#105

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    in reply to: Sunsets & Sunrises Vol VII #468270
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    in reply to: Cloudscapes Vol. V #468063
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Nice one Keelin!  Quite the Big Sky Ruth! Hans your freescape fills the bill. Yes I’ve been aware of the  Communities Hans.  Im just not in the position at the moment to be of any involvement. Perhaps in the future . It could happen.

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    in reply to: Sunsets & Sunrises Vol VII #467661
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    Arizona Sunset #704

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    in reply to: Color Thread Vol. X #467153
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    in reply to: Black and White Cloud Photos Volume XVII #466678
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Arizona B&W#720

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    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol.4 #466567
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    in reply to: Climate Change #3 #466565
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Steve..Unfortunately..no..As soon as it is monetized, its political. Back in the day I had a Professor tell me “Clean Air” would soon be monetized. I didn’t believe him. A few years later mandatory air pollution devices on vehicles became law. City, towns, communities became responsible for the quality of the air in their “hood”. Clean Air, the crisp of the blue sky, the clarity of the cloudscapes, sunsets and stars became monetized. We Pay For Clean Air. Now Climate Change is blamed for the extended droughts that bring longer wild fire seasons out here in the west. Being able to “taste” the air I breath is not something I imagined but recently has become actual because of these wildfires.. The ability to put the fires out or even better, reduce the chance of big fires in the first place,,is a direct result of taxes…political will and know how. The clear Big Sky I enjoy out here in the Southwest is not free. Its paid for as taxes on our excesses. That makes our Big Sky out here political.

    There are very few clouds I would not enjoy photographing. Tornadoes   and pirrocumic  I do not enjoy seeing, watching and photographing  because I know the reality on ground they leave behind. Taxes don’t do much one way or another on tornadoes except to help after the destruction they cause. But the clouds of smoke from wild fires in California reach to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and beyond. So Federal Politics become involved. Its not just me in a backyard in Phoenix dealing with the consequences ,its cities and towns, millions of folks across numerous states who have to deal with besooted air and brown skies. Politics just can’t be kept out.

    And why shouldn’t we,,anybody, not be aware and make decisions accordingly? Do not our children live in our world and will have to deal  with the reality  given them ..eventually? Its not just me in my backyard but its generations to come. Why should we give them a future that has no concern for their well being, their enjoyment, their Appreciation.?  The only cloud I wish for them to taste is the cool glass of clean water they drink on a summer’s day.

    Yes,  be unencumbered to enjoy the sky, the clouds, the sunsets and rises, the stars. Enjoy the worry free moments of reality abandonment, but know, such moments are not free of cost.  We pay for our sky.

    Kind Regards

    Mike Lerch

    in reply to: Cloudscapes Vol. V #466392
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Thanks Ruth!.Nice Cloud Caterpillar!

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    in reply to: Color Thread Vol. X #466226
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Nice visual pun Keelin!

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