[Hans Stocker]

A Last Glimpse

[Hans Stocker]

Thanks Michael and it is great to read you have seen the Holmboe develop from undulatus. Great images. Clouds can develop in such a surprising way.

Now that you pointed it out Keelin, I can see the devil too in the Details. Now I realize that it would also fit in your Halloween series. Maybe Made For Each  Other? Yes a good eye as Michael himself must have too to spot what’s on #242. Very feathery and light.

I tried to leave out any devil in next details but I am not absolutely sure I succeeded. I may be sure after a thorough inspection by Keelin. I look forward to it.

More Details

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I had to laugh about the reactions on my “Purple But No Rain”. The replies made me dust my archive where I got it from, but I don’t think it will help anymore.
I hope you found your rain hat in time Keelin and Michael seems to be in need of one too watching this shelf cloud approaching. Ruth will be safe Staying On Land. A lovely wide view!

Pastels

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Something odd with tis thread. I just tried to upload a picture first. That worked well but editing does not make appear the lowest part of the box. The text about the order of the three pictures by Kathleen seems to be a bit of a problem for the system. Anyway….

Kathleen, I scrolled a lot back and found your 22 degrees halo with contrails and shadows crossing it. I love it. I hope the last one did not crash on your house. It looks dangerously.
I also love the sky texting by Keelin and the pink ribbons, by Ruth  as well.

Kathleen you asked how many contrails one has spotted on one picture. Well I don’t want to discourage you but this one is from my archive. I live in the neighborhood of an airport so maybe that is a bit cheating. Just check it. For the ease of counting I added white lines on each separate contrail.

I counted 26 contrails. Oops.

 

 

 

 

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Love your gees, sea gulls and swans Ruth. They remind me having seen a lot of cranes migrating in February 2022 above Belgium. They make a lot of noise. I think it was to coordinate their drawing of Snoopy in the sky.

Grus Grus

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There is so much above to enjoy that I had to scroll back. Love your ‘Hot Enough To Pop Corn’ Keelin. Also love the impressive shelf cloud by Michael in #1322, as well as the great and funny text you added. And Ruth I can imagine it is your ‘Favorite Spot’. Some great crepuscular rays.

Purple But No Rain

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Ariel, I forgot to tell about the upload of an image. When you click on the icon for an image above the box you write a new reply, a box will appear to upload a picture. To upload an image you have to click on the text at the right of the box. For some reason the text and the link underneath is not centered well. After clicking at the right side where a bit of the text can be seen, the dialogue starts to upload an image and it will work as usual.

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Thanks Duncan. A nice golden Phoenix. It reminds me of an old one on the gallery:

Phoenix with one wing on fire yet

The description on the gallery is not correct by the way. It says it shows a circumhorzon arc, but that was impossible at the time of year I took it. It was the lower part of 22 degrees halo. About the phoenix there is no mistake at all.

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I’ve been away for far too long but I didn’t miss following the fun above. Keelin your ‘Demonesse and companion’ and your ‘Wizard watch’ are marvelous. I love the Wizard watch, but I must confess that your drawing made it perfectly clear. Once seen….. Halloween has truly inspired you. Hungry? is simply terrifying. I am glad it are all clouds.

Duncan your dragon at sunset seems to bite its own tail.

Next one flew over on Cloud Celebration Day and it is in color on the Cloud Memory Atlas.

It’s Not Dead, It’s A Parrot

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Ariel I read about your seven years of sky on your website and I must say it makes a really deep impression on me. You still managed to collect a lot of wonderful cloud stories and silver linings as you like to name them. I admire you having been able to collect them over so many years and to share them on your website. Keep enjoying them!

I will try to ID the halos on the last 7 images on the page you linked to (skyj). I suppose there are some you already know, but it is better to be complete I think.

1. a 22 degrees halo.
2. a 22 degrees halo, a circumscribed halo, a sundog at the place where the parheic circle crosses the circumscribed halo, and the parhelic circle. I think this one is a real beauty.
3. a circumscribed halo, a sundog at the place where the parheic circle crosses the circumscribed halo, and the parhelic circle. On this one the 22 degrees halo is not visible and I suppose we see the circumscribed halo and not the 22 degrees halo because of its egg-like shape.
4. a 22 degrees halo with the upper tangent arc on top of it together with two sundogs with small parts of the parhelic circle although one can say these white tails are part of the sundogs themselves.
5. a 22 degrees halo with a sundog and the upper tangent arc (UTA). it is faint but just above the UTA I think there is a suncave parry arc. But without a doubt ther is at twice the distance of the UTA a circumzenithal arc.
6. as 5, but with both sundogs visible.
7. same as 6, but here is more to discover. The suncave Parry arc is visible as a little roof above the UTA and the CZA touches a faint supralateral arc (I guess).

Where halos are a bit faint they often can be revealed more explicit by different kind of enhancements like contrast, saturation or even b-r subtraction. The last method can give very surprising results. I once got the link with this method from Alec Jones and maybe you like to try it:

B-R processing

I hope you like it.

Best wishes, Hans

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Wow, a lot of lovely sunsets above. I love your Plum Pudding, Ruth. Love the contrast between the hillside with the purples and pinks in the sky. I just would like to cut off the little part of the hillside bottom left, and it will be an even more perfect image. I also the masterpieces #905 en #906 by Michael.

A Short Moment

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I thought you was already sure about the circumscribed arc Ariel. No doubt about that one too imo. On your last image the circumscribed halo is quite clear together with the 22 degrees halo. Both are crossed by the parhelic circle. Love it.

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It has been too long since my last contribution. I still watched for all of your great ones above. Too any to mention, but #236 and #237 by Michael are unique. The return of Holmboe?

Details

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I agree with Ramona that there are a couple of definite curls on it, Ruth. It seems that you have a good eye for meringue in the sky;)

And thanks about the calendar. It was quite a surprise for me.

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You spotetd a great parhelic Ariel. I think you are sure about their classification, so why not post these on the thread for Optical Phenomena? These are very nice to share over there.

 

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