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Ha, maybe we are in Cloudwonderland Keelin. You seem to have captured two tiny cumulus twins underneath one of their big brothers. Everyday a new adventure.
Swirly Cloudscape
Love the Fennec Fox Keelin. I remember him and it urged me to check B&W Volume II again. It seems so long ago and at the same time so recent. Nice to see the Fox jazzed up here!
Ramona: the real bird is a seagull ( I live not far from the seashore, but they can also be seen more inland) and the one in the distance must be a Avis Lenticularis.
Hello Laurence: it seems funny to read that you see a butterfly in my goldfish. You must know I couldn’t choose between fish or butterfly, but since I caught more fish-like creatures that day it became one of a species in a virtual tropical aquarium.
I hope you like this Ray.
Thank you Keelin. Since you hope for more, I hope on my turn you like the next one also. I share the same preference for the ones you mentioned.
In Transition #2
Yes the cat ( in this case a he) is the hairy part in the picture Ramona. In fact we have three of them. I will look for appearances of cats in the clouds.
That looks like quite icy rain Keelin. I can’t help to see this strange flying chicken. Hope you don’t mind this interpretation.
More flying.
Two birdsThank you Eric for your second thoughts. I understand what you mean. Seen from below virga could look milky as well. Still I don’t think it is virga. Although I don’t remember the position relative to the zenith that well (my analytical part of the mind was switched off being busy capturing pictures), on my pictures with the iridescence the clouds must be at max 40 degrees having the sun at that time of day at about 30 degrees. Iridescence occurs mostly not that far from the sun.
So …. in transition…… panta rhei
Certainly a thrill Eric to see these funnels. And the last picture shows this fantastic swirl. You won’t have much help from me on this, but it looks to me more like von Karman than KH. Why not in this turbulent movements of the sky? It is all about fluid mechanics with which I am not enough familiar with except for some phenomena that can be seen in the clouds.
This reminded me that I once noticed Gavin wrote a Wave Watchers Companion. I don’t have it yet but it is on my list now. When it is written with the same wit as the Cloudspotters Guide it must be fun to read and informative as well. Maybe he can shine his light on this matter?
That is a very beautiful picture by Stephen Ingram you refer at, Keelin. Although there seem to be some similarities this picture shows a (spectacular golden) lacunosus. I did not see any lacunosus in my milky clouds. Anyway a nice try, so thank you.
And … when you scroll through the pictures on the gallery by Stephen Ingram you will find one with a link to his website. Maybe you can also find the link quickly by googling, but the main thing is that he has a category ‘skies’ in his own gallery and each picture is amazing. Pure joy to check them all (one of them appears regularly on the home page).
Here under a last one to share in this thread with a title Michael gave it unconsciously (thank you Michael).
In Transition
No rules whatever. There are also avatars, isn’t it?
I think you immediately introduced Things-that-look-like clouds Ramona. I do have to put my head in the clouds to get that curly hair!
Ha, thanks for creating this thread Ramona. Your playful young elephant is a nice start and I read elsewhere that Keelin already let play in some gentle low waves of water.
I can’t wait to contribute. I hope others will follow. The subject is very inviting imho.
Goldfish
That’s a truely weird color Ramona. Never seen this color over here in the sky. It will have to do with the surrounding tornadoes?
Hello Ramona, no need to delete. It is a nice picture. The only way to delete is to ask the moderator to do so, but I wouldn’t bother him with it in this case. In fact you triggered an idea for a new thread. So thanks.
That’s indeed really Something, Keelin.
And you captured straightforward stratiformis Michael. Nice composition.
Thank you Keelin and Ramona. I like to look for iridescence. Once the circumstances are right one only has to scan the sky with the tele trying to avoid lensflare and wait for instances of beauty and click. No hesitation allowed, because each opportunity is so short lived. Afterwards it is fun selecting the ones that will do.
And I like your Asperitas as well Michael. You have quite a pond in Arizona to catch your fishes from!
Mainly Blue
Ha, I like this elephant-like animal you captured Ramona. Although I wondered why you posted it in the Wave thread, it is really nice to share. Nobody did create a separate thread for Clouds-that-look-like-things yet although a lot of pareidolia is already involved in the black and white threads. Let’s give it a thought?
For now some distant waves with the names of the two scientists that described their emergence.
Two birds
