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  • in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #633574
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    I was thinking one way to measure and thus grade Asperitas mite be the degree of arc of its “waves” .  Below is an example of a slow-roll arc  with plenty of evidence of a powerful wind.

    Arizona Asperitas#123

    Mar-Nov24C3621asp2

    in reply to: Color Thread Volume XVI #633369
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Keelin, Was that the Moon that ate Mars?..or did that happen the next nite?..

    anyway, ..a Cloud Tickle

    Arizona Color#178

    Mar-Nov24B3502CloudTickle

    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #633307
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Ruth, A story..and one of the main characters is invisible! And the other main character is invisible for only a third of its existence.,,wind and water. Your Path is a record of history of wind effect on the cloud. A good Asperitas  is awesome rightside up and  leaves no questions unanswered when viewed upside down, except this one below. There is nothing there upside down. Rightside up has it all.

    Arizona Asperitas#122

    Mar-Nov24C3639asp3

     

    in reply to: Sunrises and Sunsets VolXl #633202
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #633105
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    The below shot has it all. You can see cloud being pulled up across the lower third of the shot. From lower left mid third ,across  to upper right mid third ,is a Venetian blind ripple visual, just not at a good angle to the viewer as the lone lip on the upper right there is.  Opposite side of the lip is a  cloud roll going on by the winds, thinning out their density  so light  reveals the undulatus. Its a long shot. lots of telephoto so its not easy determining  which up draft in the top third is pulling up the thin clouds in the bottom third.

    .Arizona Asperitas #121

    Mar-Nov24C3681asp3

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    in reply to: Sunrises and Sunsets VolXl #632954
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    oh my goodness Ruth, im a sucker for the fluorescent orange. All the reds there!  Nice shot!

    Arizona Sunset #1106

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    in reply to: Black & White Photos of Clouds Vol XXlV #632951
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Beyond tragic scene in Los Angeles. Makes us all wonder about fire conditions around our own town. Keelin the undulatus shot was made possible with a zoom telephoto lens. A fair amount of , compression of space, takes place with a telephoto lens. The alignment of the undulatus with the background  is what made me take the shot. So I got a lot of undulatus and a simpler  background with lighting that made it all possible. Below is another shot , zoomed in on an area, that shows diminishing undulatus the closer you get to the bottom right. Hans your pic reminds me of the olde Cadillac tail fins on their 50’s era models!

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    • This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by Michael Lerch avatarMichael.
    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #632839
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    This one is cool upside down too!

    Arizona Asperitas #120

    Mar-Nov24C3708asp2

    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #632679
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Looks like Asperitas been going to the gym, getting her abs together.  Seriously some fantastic big sky you have there Ruth.

    The 1st shot below is the classic “Venetian blind”  look of an undulating Asperitas with an opportunistic break in the canopy to highlite  a portion.  I pull back on the 2nd shot to show the ” egg beater” coming at the organized  undulatus.  3rd shot shows the wind that creates Asperitas can also rip it all apart.

    Arizona Asperitas #119

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    in reply to: Cloudscapes Volume VIII #632478
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    I see a hummingbird trying to defend its feeder from a woodpecker that has figured out the feeder.. outside my dining room window almost everyday. Now Im seeing them in the sky…and Ruth..ya bent the axle on that one..

    ..and yet another Arizona cloudscape..

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    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #632362
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Nice one Ruth. The winds eat the cloud from the edges…yes, there is only one way to train our perceptions of cloud..keep looking up!

    Arizona Asperitas#118

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    in reply to: Sunrises and Sunsets VolXl #632154
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    A candy dish cloud turns the sunset into a  bon mot.

    Arizona Sunset #1105

    Mar-Nov24B3327Set1

    • This reply was modified 3 months, 2 weeks ago by Michael Lerch avatarMichael.
    in reply to: Asperitas The CAS Cloud Vol 7 #632055
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Excellent specimen  of Asperitas  you captured Ruth.  The sunlite  breaking thru the weakening canopy on the right there softens it all up and there is no denying the center updraft. Thats some powerful wind that can pull-up  a volume of cloud like that .How steep, in feet, are the walls on those pockets  in the center and up in the upper left do you think Ruth?..btw..its Great too upside down!..I was thinking about a Vernacular Cloud Name for Asperitas could be ..the Dramamine Cloud..especially..with a new perspective of..on their side..Riteside and upside down are opposites..so On Their Sides..allows the observer to go back and forth with minimum effort…yea I can get dizzy doing that. Maybe  just let the computer do the flipping would work..

    I like both perspectives with the below. Rite side is  easy and fun  with the upside down telling a different story altogether. .not even opposite, just a whole different tale. Can there be Asperitas without fractus?

    Arizona Asperitas#117

    Mar-Nov24C3600aspB1

    in reply to: Black & White Photos of Clouds Vol XXlV #631975
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    I brought my 3D glasses to watch this movie.

    Arizona B&W#2404

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    • This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by Michael Lerch avatarMichael.
    in reply to: Color Thread Volume XVI #631850
    Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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    Arizona Color#177

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