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A view at night over a feature technically named as an ‘abandoned meander’ near the San Juan River, Bluff, Utah, US.
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Altocumulus over Camacha, Portugal
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A fingerprint of Cirrocumulus undulatus over Devizes, England
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Altocumulus over Portal Ridge Wildlife Preserve in Fairmont, California, US
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Mamma over Castres, France
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Cumulus fractus with iridescence over Woodland, Oregon, US.
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22-degree halo over Barbados, West Indies.
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Stratocumulus observed over Mt. Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu. George tells us there is an ash plume visible just beneath the cloud.
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Cumulus over White Tank, New Zealand
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Stratocumulus over Nieuwege, Belgium
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Jellyfish of the sky, also known as Altocumulus clouds producing the evaporating precipitation trails known as virga, spotted drifting over Portland, Oregon, US.
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A classic cap cloud forming over Mount Rainier, Washington, US.
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Dramatic lighting of Stratocumulus spotted over Seattle from Juanita Beach, Lake Washington, WA, US.
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A high formation of Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus, also known more poetically as ‘a mackerel sky’. Spotted over Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
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Cumulus mediocris over Vermontville, New York, US.
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A stacked form of Altocumulus lenticularis, known by the French term pile d'assiettes, spotted over Cervinia, Italy.
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What more can I possibly add? What a great picture. Thanks!
Thank you Ginnie, Laurence and Adolfo.
PM
I like the top/down symetry of this picture, as reflected in a distorting mirror. B&W give the picture am atemporal atmosphere.
Hi Paul,
I fully support Ginnie’s valued and well observed comments – well said at that.
That you posted a black/white (monochromatic) photo onto the photo gallery is always a refreshing pleasure, to say the least.
Photos in monochrome sure take some beating! That said, we see things in colour. Somehow monochrome endows a special quality and genre of its own…and no less when it comes to cloud and landscape images.
The serried softness of cloud vista is simply marvellous – and contrasts beautifully with the dry, unforgiving ruggedness of the landscape.
Stunning in every way imaginably. Composition – top hole, top notch. You spoil us with your marvellous photos! 10/10 for sure, from me!
As ever, kind thanks for sharing this beauty with us!
Laurence
Love the composition of this photo, Paul, and thank you for maintaining the appreciation of black and white photography — practically a lost art these days.