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Oops, in my reponse to Ruth: … despite must be although .. and abounded (what must that mean?..) must be abandoned. Does that make more sense?
Wow Dave, welcome here …. and these are astonishing pictures of asperitas. The infrared reveals a really turbulent and wild cloudscape. I remember that on on the 3rd of August a picture of yours was CAD. It was cirrus and also taken in infrared accompanied by a great explanation of the used method. The extra contrast the infrared gives is amazing. This is different than to try to enhance contrast with all the tricks LR provides. I hope to see more of these from you.
Hans
Ruth, this is surprising. I answered Keelin yesterday and I had not seen yet your ’Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ despite you posted it before my post. Unexpected behavior of the site I suppose. I love it. It has a mysterious abounded feel with these bare tree trunks in the middle.
Michael you captured a lovely lonely little cumulus being sandwiched in Arizona Color #834 (but I prefer the words Keelin used to describe that one).
Keelin, having read your nice and also eloquent answer I am very curious for the clouds that will be caused by a wild thought from you. Maybe I have seen already a lot of examples – like Floating Inspirations – but this seems to promise something …… yes, what? I look forward to it for sure!
Next one is dedicated to memories of good old times.
MemoriesKeelin, thank you for answering so nicely my – maybe cheeky – question about your affinity with infinity. Your wording is a pleasure to read and I had a laugh about your observation of the irrational numbers. Do you know there are also imaginary numbers? And it struck me that you mentioned the Möbius strip. I assume you know the drawing by Escher of the ants on a Möbius strip? When I was at school (ahh, ages ago!) I used to make Möbius strips with paper and glue and then cut them in two (lengthwise). Try it and see what happens.
You are right, beauty does not have to be understood. It just have to be recognized like you explain so well, comparing math with the appreciation of clouds. So let’s keep on tickling the eye and spirit with cloudy surprises as you did with your ingenious ‘On Its Way To Becoming A Möbius Cloud Strip’. Love it!
You wrote “Vagueness might well stay in Vagueness” and maybe next one illustrates that (a bit).
Wavy Vagueness
Peach Flambé and then a slice of Watermelon? Both mouthwatering colors Keelin and Ruth.
Might there also be some honey around at sunset?
Bear Family At Sunset
By the way Keelin, I almost forgot to mention I remember the lemniscate in the B&W thread. I still wonder what your affinity is with infinity-day, since you made clear you’re not from the math part of the campus. Did I remember well?
Pastel Painting
What a feast in this thread. A tribute to Carl Jung’s Shadow concept by Lisa shows a turbulent cirrus filled sky. This triggered me to learn more about the concept.
Michael produced some really different textures in #171, #172 and #173. I love #171 most of the three, but that is not because I see the head of a cow in it. Did anyone notice? Nevertheless for me it are the different layers in #171 with the gentle white dots on the foreground that I love.
And Marbled Marvel is a true marvel indeed Keelin. It is one that makes you happy looking at it. Summer Storm has a complete different and appealing mood. Mysterious. Contemplation?
Unrest
Hello Steven, it is just a bit different than you think. The clouds don’t travel, the waves travel. This way a lenticularis cloud can hover above the same place, being the place where the air is forced to rise by the wave in order to condense and form a lenticularis cloud. Here is a nice timelapse that shows lenticularis clouds at the tops of waves seemingly staying in one place.
Here is a link with a scheme of what happens: Lenticularis explained
I hope you like the info. With best wishes, Hans
I like the theme of veils, whether tattered or not, you both posted three great variations on the theme.
Another Veil Variation
Nice lenticular formation Gregory. In my opinion they don’t care at all whether they hover above a town or not. Nevertheless a mountain or hill must be involved somewhere. The waves that can develop in the lee of a moutain can travel very far in the right conditions. That is to say that the air must be stable enough to prevent the wave-like layers of air to get disturbed. And then they pop up where the cooling of the air by rising of a layer with enough moist to cold enough heights betrays the position of the wave in the form of a lenticular cloud.
Any other opinions?
Great spotting Ari. The cropped picture shows indeed the stripes very well. Nothing is what it seems in my opinion. I think you spotted altocumulus and the stripes you see are undulatus. In fact the stripes betray the fact that we see here altocumulus at two different levels, so in the variety duplicatus. The stripes themselves are caused by shearing winds at that specific level. The winds cause the pattern of undulatus, just in the same way the wind does with the water: always with the pattern perpendicular to the wind. The undulatus seems to me at a lower level than the larger altocumulus clouds.
I hope this helps. Please react when there are other opinions.
Not A Cloud In The Sky is very creative and enchanting as well Keelin. A wonderful picture with a magical text. It gives a tingling experience. Love it.
Yes, endless possibilities Ruth. Very nice cloudscape with all kind of details in a mixed sky above the misty land.
May the force be with you all :)
Winged Horizon
Memories
