Clouds are fascinating in so many ways--the processes that create them, the forms they take and how they function in the larger Earth system. But sometimes they are just cool to look at. I imagine this one capable of opening up like a giant clam and gobbling up a community.

For scale, the rising steam below the cloud in the lower center is from an ethanol plant a few miles from where I was standing.

Winnebago County, Wisconsin

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over Blackpool tower

Clouds reflection on the skylight window.

An uninspiring sea view !!!!!

Standing somewhere under Cloud Gate, I took this shot looking up at the underside of the sculpture.

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Always waiting for the sky, it's my main motive.Then I queried and I fill all the cards. Interesting days are about 4 times a year.

Всегда ждем небо, это мой главный мотив. В тот день я заполняю все карты. Интересные дни около 4 раз в год.

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Clouds stream in from the Pacific coast as a fresh weather system sweeps in. Northern California. Mendocino County, U.S.A.

Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed The Bean because of its shape, a name Kapoor initially disliked, but later grew fond of. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 tonnes or 98 long tons).

I was bowled over by this magnificent sculpture; there will be more photos, rest assured. This is a five photo stitch taken at the end of the sculpture.

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Summer hike in the Karwendel mountains. Some peaks are hidden in the clouds...

Tonight's evening horizon was anything but normal... it was mystifying! Unusual colors, cloud shapes... and the reflection was almost cryptic.

Cool cloud formation

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"Perché amo le nuvole? Perché non è possibile salvare una nuvola come si fa con una foglia o un fiore o una pietra – le nuvole sono adesso."- Terri Guillemets

Ieri pomeriggio sono andato a caccia di nuvole riflesse nei laghetti immobili vicino Martellago. Il cielo era pura poesia. Foto eseguita con Canon 6D, obbiettivo 17-40mm L USM, polarizzatore

Buona domenica

Alpe di Panna. ~ Italie .

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Clouds over Lennards Island near Eden on the Far South Coast of NSW. Beowa National Park.

Esta foto va dedicada a aquellos amigos que ayer pudieron disfrutar de un extraño efecto en El Teide: Rosseta y Renato y como no a Enrique y Moni. Manolo se lo perdió por no aguantar 10 minutos.

Saludos para todos.

I'm an addicted cloud fantasist, and my imagination runs riot here. What do you see?

Viewed On Black Helps.

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This is a sunset picture I took last November, where I fortunately was fast enough to get my camera since this spectacular view lasted only a minute or so. This is also the reason why the foreground in the original shot was pretty dark and hence I pushed the shadows as far as I could to make the meadow visible. Together with increasing the contrast a little to emphasize the nice shape and color of the clouds this introduced some additional noise, but I think it is worth sharing anyway. Hope you like it!