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That’s great to read about Andrew. I happen to live in the Netherlands and even nearby the church Ruisdael painted with his famous Dutch mountains. I am not an expert on meteorology but we do have a lot of clouds. I must say we also have sometimes boring blue skies (very recently) when we are in the middle of a anticyclone. The Netherlands are flat indeed and in the right circumstance cumulus will form above warmer land when the wind comes from the sea. Most probably this can happen in the summer.
Because there are not very significant orographic influences the lenticularis is rather rare to spot over here. Nevertheless they can appear in cases that the waves in which they form carry far. The air conditions must be stable then I suppose.Melbourne must be great to spot clouds too. I did check the images in the group for Victoria, Australia within the community. Btw: don’t you want to join the group Victoria, Australia too?
Here are some examples of what I recently spotted while walking the dog on the beach. I hope you like them.
Thank you Ruth. I am not involved in the CAD app, but I know it is still work in progress. The plan is that it will replace the Cloudspotter app when it is ready. I have no idea when that will be. In the actual version of the CAD app I tried some things and see that the AI help with classification works well for the 10 main genera. The step by step wizard helps also with classifying your cloud. You can use a picture that is already on your phone to classify or you make one by clicking the camera icon. I think you will find out soon enough by some clicking, trying and playing with the functions.
Now I still use the Cloudspotter app for spotting clouds and phenomena, but it lacks the AI function and it lacks the marvelous CAD’s and their explanations. So for the Cad’s I use the CAD app. Oh, and btw, the CAD app aims to be cross platform so it will be not only available for apple but also for Android, etc. I am not sure about the status anyway.
Do you also use the Cloudspotter app, Ruth?
Michael your #817 is fantastic with its different colors. Love it. As I do ‘Soft Into The Night’by Ruth with its mysterious and soft color and the Late Afternoon invasion of UFO’s by Keelin.
Who’s Afraid Of Red And Blue
Craig, first of all these are great images of Ac at sunset. You posted your question already some time ago but I think you are right that you spotted Ac lacunosus. I must admit I had some doubts about the lacunosus at first sight, but when I checked the gallery for the combination of altocumulus and lacunosus I found some similar results.
Since you searched the net and did not found similar results I suppose you might not know how to do that on the gallery. When you go to the gallery you see in the menu just at the right of the search icon a square icon. That is the one to select on a cloud-type. Click on it and you will find a list of all the genera, species, accessory clouds, supplementary features, optical phenomena etc. You can click on one or more selection criteria and the result is a selection of images. When you try to do this you will find some similar results.
Lots of inspiration or lost in inspiration that’s the question for me when I see what is posted recently by you all.
HoneycombWow, I have been too long absent here and it is great to scrol to all your beauties Ruth, Keelin and Michael. I love especially the bat signal by Ruth, Ageless by Keelin and Arizona B&W #219 by Michael.
Don’t know how to put it …
In Needs Shade I see – as Keelin does- an iridescent growling dog, Ruth. Great capture. And lovely 22 degrees halo and sundog.
And yes, it is seeing us Keelin. Nice colorful halo and corona behind the contrasting trees. I love also your former lenticular touch of iridescence.
Here is another dog – and not a sundog – with a faint segment of 22 degrees halo.
Or is it the head of a horse?
Michael and Keelin, you both seem to have spotted a marvelous cloud murmuration. Birds of a feather…
Reds And Purples
I love your Wings Of Desire, Keelin. Great composition too.
Lots of beauties by you Michael, but your last one with #137 really takes the cake. Great play of different kind of blues.
Looking Up In Wonder
Ruth, your Blue Plate Special indeed made the gallery in a different version. Love it. And then you also asked about the possible fluctus in your post of Febuary 28th. It is certainly close but it might be Holmboe instability that you spotted. That is a more chaotic instability in shearing layers of air.
Your Weathered Paintbrush makes fantastic results in the sky, Keelin. I would have bet that your Deceptively Dark sky would have led to a beneficial downpour. Alas indeed.
Distant Travelers
Great Hart Spark Keelin. Quite a mysterious atmosphere.
The tentacles I see in Arizona B&W #214 by Michael seem to be menacing. Lovely creepy composition.
Dichotomy
I forgot to mention before Michael, but scrolling back I encountered again your marvelous Arizona Sunset #811, #812 and #813. They form a series of fluffiness with delicately and well balanced colors. And your #815 is evenly stunning imho. I am sorry not to mention other beauties.
Just Contrails At Sunset
Honeycomb
