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Yes indeed Keelin, my sundog would have loved to chase your multicolored squirrel. Love it. It is a great Iridescent ‘Do you spotted. My pareidolic me sees a mask of light with a colored hairdress.
Ruth I love your lenticulars with the colored fringes just as the rainbow rockettes have by Ariel.
Ariel, what a great collection of halos you posted. It is especially the circumscribed halo I love most.
I am looking forward to new halo appearances over here, but I also have my archive to dig for more sundogs.
ArchivedogGreat cloudscapes Robert. I already noticed you found the part of the Forum dedicated to cloud identification, but here you have also posted a cirrus sky with the question what kind of cirrus there are in your first post here. It s not an easy one in my opinion. To begin with the streaks of cirrus perpendicular to each other betray the duplicatus variety of cirrus being present at different levels in the sky. It may seem a bit arbitrary but I see a lot of different kinds of cirrus: fibratus, uncinus, intortus and vertebratus as well. The woolly tufts at the bottom of the image seem to me altocumulus, being too large to be cirrocumulus. I am curious for other opinions.
That’s a nice puzzle Robert you offer us. I give it try for what it’s worth. Lenticular clouds must be regular visitors at the lee side of a mountain where they develop in the crests of the waves of air. Sometimes a bit irregular shaped like the ones you spotted. I understand your thoughts about pileus, but do you know about a pile d’assiettes (a stack of plates). Here is a nice explanation how they form: Pile d’assiettes. In your case there are these tiny thin plates above another thick one. I suppose it must have been for a dessert.
Wow all great pictures above! A parhelic, iridescence, a rainbow, a sundog and then this night sky by Robert. Welcome here. Your small lenticular cloud really looks to come from outer space. I love it. The sky is eyeing us according to Keelin, but do others eye us too?
A Sundog’s TailThanks Michael and Keelin. A lot of amazing B&W’s above. Beyond Recognition is very funny, Keelin. And #3232 is a great sculpture of waterdroplets Michael. I like your wavy ones (#226 and #228) also very much. Great vista in Big Fella, Ruth. Is that the place where the crescent moon watches?
Passers-by
Thanks for sharing this one here Dave. A wonderful wavy cloudscape. I wondered whether this kind of undulatus will be seen as undulatus from the ground. The layer of clouds seems to cover the sky, so I suppose the undulatus will not be seen from below. What do you think?
thanks Ruth. Streaking the Sky shows young and old ones all together. Nice view on the mountain range btw.
Another B&W with good old CVI.
In The SlipstreamRuth your Ocean Color is intriguing with the tender patch of pinks in a mostly grey seascape. Love it as “Reaching back to an early winter morning.”. Great gloomy atmosphere with the dark trees and the contrasting rays of light.
Michael I simply can’t mention all your marvelous compositions, but #1346 is a very special one.
Keelin, you always surprise me and now it is with Nest Egg. Great composition and atmosphere. I had to shed a tear for poor old Icarus btw.
Gentle Fanning
I agree with Michael that your Mamma Fun is like science fiction Ruth. Love it.
Great gentle movements in Arizona #225, Michael. Must be a coincidence but the swirly movements resonate in Toupee, by Keelin. Someone must be desperate.
Predation
Keelin, you made me laugh several times. First with the hilarious Dragon in Heated Conversation with Tinker Bell and then with Blue Crane Blowing a Bubble. It sure is a strange menagerie high up. Love it. And I also have to mention an older post with a Wooly Friend of Billy In A High Wind. I hope to see Billy himself pop up once again. He may hide but he can’t escape our pareidolic eyes.
And welcome Ayaan in this playful thread. You make a great entrance with your Whale.
I don’t remember having used already a different version of next one in the B&W thread, but here it is…
Holy Cow
Keelin, what a great Canine in a Cavum. Very clever title also. Quite a rare occasion to spot a sundog in the streaks of a fallstreak hole. I also love Sun Splash being a stray guest in this thread.
Fetch shows a different stray fellow chasing a fiery ball. Very funny.Love your Moon Burn Ruth. Great composition and play with light. And there is a tasty Spumoni to finish with.
So sad, twindogs will never be able to play together….
Hello Ayaan,
Good question, but not that easy to answer. My first impulse is to say no, it is not altostratus. Usually altostratus is more featureless and looks like a veil without distinct cloud structure. But then what is it? Your image might show a layer of stratocumulus. That is a species that is much lower than stratocumulus. Difficult to judge from just one picture, but maybe your memory of the situation might clear this up? I hope this helps.
Btw: in the main menu of the CAS site (above) you find the entry Resources. Click on it and find the sub-entry ‘Cloud Library’. Going there you will find lots of examples of all the main cloud species, varieties and others together with most optical phenomena. This is a great source to check any spotting you are not sure of.
Hans
