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Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:56 pm

Dang, bystander, I was scooped... last year!! :oops: :doh: (Thanks for the link!)

geckzilla, thanks for the BBC4 program(me); comes in very handy for me!

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by geckzilla » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:16 am

A BBC audio slideshow about noctilucent clouds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10635796

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by bystander » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:58 am

owlice wrote:Dorset likely wants the credit for it!

This is cool, too; I suppose this is a fallstreak (or punch hole) cloud.
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Mystery UFO halo over Moscow

Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:04 am

Ann, yes, I know; just a typo on my part. Shouldn't track down car parts by phone and post at the same time!

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by Ann » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:56 pm

Owlice, they are called mammatus clouds, literally "breast clouds"!

I, too, wish I had seen many of the clouds posted here, particularly that red-rimmed UFO-look-a-like lenticular cloud!

Ann

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by mexhunter » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:33 pm

Hi Owlice:
Yes, first is a Cumulonimbus.
I took two photographs the same day, only a few minutes between them.
All this just two weeks before Hurricane Alex came to town.
Regards
Cesar

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by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:26 pm

Thanks, Cesar! I recognize the second as mammatus clouds; is the first cumulonimbus?

Edited to fix typo

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by mexhunter » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:23 pm

Hi owlice:
Two others, in the skies of my city.

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Image

Grettings
Cesar

Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:51 pm

Dorset likely wants the credit for it!

This is cool, too; I suppose this is a fallstreak (or punch hole) cloud.
Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by bystander » Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:22 pm

rstevenson wrote:though why Dorset should be blamed for it, I'm not sure. ;-)
The formation was photographed by several cloudspotters, over Dorset, U.K.

Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:41 pm

Cool Brocken spectre image from NOAO:
NOAO: Brocken Spectre (and Glory)
Credit: Roy Lorenz/Adam and Miwa Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:30 pm

You can select by type here: http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org ... &pagenum=1

This page has a link, right under the large image, for other images of the Dorset doughnut: http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org ... image=5107

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by rstevenson » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:25 pm

What a very annoying site that is -- the cloud appreciation society, that is. If you Google it and get there, you'll find that they still won't show you individual images; you have to start their slide-show app instead. And then you'll discover that clicking an image is the only way to progress the slides -- backwards, no matter where you click the slide. But I did finally see the doughnut, though why Dorset should be blamed for it, I'm not sure. ;-)

Rob

Re: I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:10 pm

And this one's for Rob; it's a "Dorset doughnut." :-D

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Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Sally Atkins[/i]
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by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:09 pm

This is good, too -- a vivid corona:

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Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Andrew Lautin[/i]
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I think this is cool so I'm posting it...

by owlice » Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:42 pm

... and you are welcome to post images you think are cool, too!

I came across this lenticular cloud image a while back.

[attachment=0]Lenticular_UFO_001.jpg[/attachment]
Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Gianandrea Sandri/Roberto Cavallini[/i]

Isn't that a great image? I wish I'd been there to see it myself!!

ETA: bystander! :p:

:D

(Thanks!)
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