I think this is cool so I'm posting it...
I think this is cool so I'm posting it...
... 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!
(Thanks!)
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!
(Thanks!)
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This is good, too -- a vivid corona:
[attachment=0]20071211160301_iridescent_allen.jpg[/attachment]
Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Andrew Lautin[/i]
[attachment=0]20071211160301_iridescent_allen.jpg[/attachment]
Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Andrew Lautin[/i]
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And this one's for Rob; it's a "Dorset doughnut."
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Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Sally Atkins[/i]
[attachment=0]20090514090941_cloud.jpg[/attachment]
Source: The Cloud Appreciation Society © Sally Atkins[/i]
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- rstevenson
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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
Rob
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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
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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Cool Brocken spectre image from NOAO:
NOAO: Brocken Spectre (and Glory)
Credit: Roy Lorenz/Adam and Miwa Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF
NOAO: Brocken Spectre (and Glory)
Credit: Roy Lorenz/Adam and Miwa Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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The formation was photographed by several cloudspotters, over Dorset, U.K.rstevenson wrote:though why Dorset should be blamed for it, I'm not sure.
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Dorset likely wants the credit for it!
This is cool, too; I suppose this is a fallstreak (or punch hole) cloud.
This is cool, too; I suppose this is a fallstreak (or punch hole) cloud.
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
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Hi owlice:
Two others, in the skies of my city.
Grettings
Cesar
Two others, in the skies of my city.
Grettings
Cesar
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Thanks, Cesar! I recognize the second as mammatus clouds; is the first cumulonimbus?
Edited to fix typo
Edited to fix typo
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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
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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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
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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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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Mystery UFO halo over Moscowowlice 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.
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A BBC audio slideshow about noctilucent clouds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10635796
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Dang, bystander, I was scooped... last year!! (Thanks for the link!)
geckzilla, thanks for the BBC4 program(me); comes in very handy for me!
geckzilla, thanks for the BBC4 program(me); comes in very handy for me!
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