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September 10, 2024
There is some question as to whether or not this cloud would be viewed as a "Banner" cloud, amidst the overcast skies over Tindholmur Island, Vagar, Faroe Islands
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September 8, 2024
An elliptical shaped cloud formation that appears to be Cumulus fractus via a dissipating cumulus cloud, joined together in this unique manner, spotted over Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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September 7, 2024
Fog is sometimes described as a ground-level Stratus cloud, since that’s the lowest of the main clouds. However, it often forms quite differently. In this photograph, it appears that this is valley fog for the most part, which is a variation of "radiation fog" after a cool and clear night, wherein the cold, foggy air sinks downhill and gathers further below. This classic example was spotted over Pauatahanui Inlet, north of Wellington, New Zealand.
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September 6, 2024
Cumulus fractus prior to sunset over Gondal, Gujarat, India
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September 5, 2024
A unique juxtaposition of what appears to be a cumulonimbus cloud formation, and then off to the right side of the photograph, a stacked version of altocumulus lenticularis, spotted over Patagonia, Argentina.
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September 5, 2024
Two distinct Volutus (Roll Cloud) formations over Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand
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