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I am not certain who asked you for an address Gergory, but in the case it was someone from CAS you might use the address for submitting a picture to the gallery. I hope this helps?
Haha, in my opinion you don’t have to live another 60 years to have a second close encounter with a horseshoe vortex, Eric.
At the moment I started cloudspotting some 4 years ago it seemed a sheer impossible thing to observe, but now I count two experiences. When one don’t know about the existence one will not observe it, but when one is looking for something, one will find it more often …. and certainly with the helpful description of circumstances Michael gave.
A striking example of what I also estimated as really rare was a circumzenithal arc (CZA). When you don’t know about the existence of this phenomenon you won’t look op at the zenith where it might be. As soon as I knew about the circumstances of this and other arcs you will look up and observe them more then you might expect. I don’t count anymore the times I saw a CZA. I guess to see it about 5 to 10 times a year. The same applies to Kelvin Helmholtz, etc.
To end with I think that the HV is mainly so rare because it is so short lived. To see it develop must be luck. To see it disintegrate after having its characteristic shape is “easier” to observe I suppose. Of all the cloud features this must be the most rare, but nevertheless occurring enough to let it catch by a keen observer. So good luck with the lottery. Your odds are pretty good.
Love it Laurence! Could have been a take from Birds by Hitchcock. Great to see these small birds make traffic stop. Thanks for sharing.
Next sundog might not be as nice as the sundog as in Fetching Light by Keelin, but what struck me in next picture I captured yesterday, was the red coloring of the top of the crest of the cumulonimbus by what must have been a part of the 22 degrees halo.
Cool stuff indeed Michael these layers and what they do in B&W. Nice experiment too.
Casting Shadows
I love these Winter Layers Keelin. You made it your specialty to produce these beautiful blues. They look ch-ch-chilly but don’t mistake my reds for warmth over here. Some cold from Siberia is dominating the weather. It will last for a week so we can have some skate fun like Bruegel painted.
