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The building on the left is the IBM Tower and is 50 stories tall..... so this fog/cloud base really had things covered. What I thought was remarkable was how clear the sky was.
Where do I begin? In the tent again, I guess. Morning two and I woke up to find the inside of my tent frozen! Inside my sleeping bag I was toasty and it took some real effort to not go back to sleep. It was way too cold to get organised in the tent, so I took all my gear into the bothy and defrosted somewhat unsure of what to expect for the morning.
Outside was a thick fog, with visible ice crystals in the air. I tried to keep my excitement in check, the possibilities were two; a very low cloud base or a temperature inversion. I headed in the direction of Grindsbrook, reaching the gate at Heardman’s Plantation, still enveloped in fog. Hmm, not promising. As I passed through 320m I could suddenly see a starry sky and just like that, I was above the clouds!
My first stop was The Nab, a location I’ve photographed from twice before, once during Storm Arwen and another in December 2021. The view from this spot provides a gorgeous winding curve right from foreground down to the end of the vale, I really like overlapping lines where I can find them, so this spot ticks the box for me. I set up my composition and waited for the first bits of light to hit the gritstone in front of me, nature obliged, creating a scene of contrasting warm and cool hues.
Unexpected sunset after a downpour of rain during Storm Abigail 2015 creating fantastic amber glow on the low lying cloud base
This boundary fence run right across Grinds Brook with a gate on either bank. As I climb higher towards Grindsbrook Clough the weather is really starting to close in on me as I reach cloud base.
RAF Red Arrows at Rhyl airshow on Sunday unfortunately the cloud base was 800ft so they had to imporovise and this cheeky seagull tried to steal the show :-)
An anvil crawler emerges from the cloud base as it snakes along the sky. I love that in the left side of the frame you can see the dim leaders looking for paths through the clouds/air.
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LPPT. Under terrible meteorological conditions with torrential rain and low cloud base / Sob condições meteorológicas terríveis com chuva torrencial e nuvens baixas....
1225 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III United Emirates Air Force.
As we climb higher towards An Socach, we start reaching the cloud base, which is already touching the tops of the hills across Glen Baddock.
After a few test runs and weeks of chiropractic care on my back, it's finally time to start the climbing season with a climb up An Socach. An Socach (pronounced An S-Oh-Ack) is my 17th Munro and stands at 944 meters (3097 feet), and although not the longest of climbs parts of it are very steep.
This was our second visit to the Coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex. We had been planning the trip for several days and had calculated that the sun would rise in an optimum position above the Seven Sisters. The weather forecast was favourable! We put the alarm on for 3:30am to leave us plenty of time to navigate the 65 miles, plus the hike down to our planned shooting location on the beach.
As we sat there on the beach looking at a huge bank of cloud and fog, it became obvious our efforts had been in vain and the enthusiasm drained from our bodies. The Seven Sisters were barely visible and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Battleship grey was the only game in town.
We started our laborious trudge back up to the car stopping frequently for oxygen intake and it was on one of these stops that we turned around and this is what we saw.
Crepuscular rays were beaming from the sun which had finally broken through the cloud base. Not only that, but while we desperately fumbled to assemble our kit, a hot air balloon wafted right over the Seven Sisters! All was not lost and we both got a couple of decent snaps from the trip.
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On another occasion there would have been a stunning view of Cadair Idris and the other Welsh mountains in this southern part of the Snowdonia National Park, but this time the cloud base was extremely low. However, the famous Grade II*-listed railway viaduct across the Afon Mawddach stood out in stark contrast.
The bridge was originally constructed in 1867 and was designed by Benjamin Piercy, engineer to the Cambrian Railways. The single-track railway viaduct (751 yards long) has 113 groups of timber supports (pile bents) and a 5-span steel section incorporating a swing bridge (built in 1899) towards the Barmouth end. A lower boarded pedestrian walkway, which I remember walking across as a child, was added in 1868-79.
One of the most important lessons to learn about landscape photography is that when shooting a sunset do not pack up when the sun passes behind the horizon. The light level may have dropped dramatically and the colour cools like the onset of winter but there are still wonderful shots to be had using the soft cool tones of the Blue Hour.
There is always the possibility that the weather conditions across the horizon will allow for the sun to shine under the cloud base and set a fire to the sky. If you are patient then there are rewards to be had from the gently glowing embers of cirrus catching subtle tones of amber all the way to the spectacular inferno that is stratocumulus glowing scarlet from horizon to horizon. Either way it’s got to be one of nature’s best lightshows and well worth waiting that little while longer for the second act of the evening’s performance.
This was an October evening back in 2014. Large chunks of rock (much of it originally from Norway) have been placed here at different times to protect the eroding shoreline. From time to time it has been moved and added to, the most aesthetically pleasing being Bardon Breccia rock. Nowadays new rock armour comes from closer to home in Leicestershire.
During excavations here footprints have been discovered in layers of buried clay and rock that are believed to be the earliest found outside of Africa. Also axes have been found, believed to indicate the earliest human occupation of Northern Europe.
Sadly, these defences are over-worked and the coastline continues to be eroded.
This photograph is a stitch of 6 'portrait' images taken with a Canon TS-E 24mm tilt shift lens, locked off on a tripod - 3 long exposure images for the sea and 3 normally exposed images for the impressive sky and cloud formation as the sun lowered behind me, illuminating the cloud base in a spectacular fashion.
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Actually, my veggie garden... I let the flowers creep into this strip.. Portland, Dorset - August 2016
An AI and cloud based image. AI satellite and stars with a couple of my own cloud and moon photos. I heard today that the Russian Far Side of the Moon project was unsuccessful with the Luna 25 crashing. HMMM
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Allt an Fhamhair, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye.
This was the day of my abortive trip to the Fairy Pools in Coire na Creiche .. when (a) the stepping stones over the first burn were submerged and (b) cloud base was about 3' 6". So, I had to make do with the waterfalls beside the path.
This was taken with the NDx64 filter to get the long exposure.
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On the slopes of Knockanaffrin mountain, just below the cloud-base during a lull in the rain, a lone sceac watches over the decaying ferns of winter's shortest day. As I like to remind people occasionally when warranted, I haven't adjusted colour saturation.
Here is the Missouri River reflection on the 2600' cloud base again, same as the other day (other than some idiot actually bringing his camera today to get a better shot.) The light is hitting the river about 20 miles west.
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Another image of the Cloud sculpture.
an air filled celluloid cloud. A comment on repurposing and an exploration of the relationship between Cloud based technology and the informed consumer. What is the Cloud? Where is it and can we trust it with our most prized files? We need to encourage a healthy skepticism as we try to better understand the technology. The cloud shaped void at the center of the installation represents the unknown and uncertainty of the 'Cloud'. And whilst there is no empirical evidence suggesting the concepts is flawed, let's continue to question the pros and cons.
Clayton Blake. Galvanised steel frame, high density polystyrene substrate, airfilled celluloid balls, polyurethane coating. Swell Sculpture festival
Stitched panoramic shot of the volcanic landscapes around Mount Teide in Tenerife. The 'sea of cloud' at right is the upper surface of the cloud-base, some several thousand feet below the altitude at which these photos were taken. The summit (actually a volcanic crater) of Mount Teide is 12,188 ft (3,715 m) above sea level and this pano is from around 8,000 ft. There was quite a bit of Saharan dust in the air when this was taken and I had made a tactical error in forgetting to pack my circular polariser for the trip to Tenerife, so a graduated filter in Capture One Pro post-processing had to do the necessary. Stitched from 2 frames using the 'panini' stitching algorithm in Capture One.
The anvil at left and Whale's Mouth" cloud base are further enhanced with the back-lit falling rain.
Taken 26 Aug 21 with iPhone 11 Pro Max.
A brief moment of cloud-based interference offered me this wider view of Northwestern Station's yard throat. With the sun on full display, the shadows were blocking this view of the throat, but I decided to take advantage of the moment while P59PHi no. 74 pulls an outbound out of the station.
May 14, 2025 - Maxwell Nebraska
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A landspout touches down over a rural landscape under a dramatic sky, where the swirling column of wind is starkly visible against intense cloud formations. The foreground features a few trees and farmland, emphasizing the stark contrast between human activity and natural phenomena.
We were not set up & riding parallel with this storm.. so only a few shots eh...
For folks that don't know the difference between a tornado & a landspout... Please Read Below!
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What is the Difference between a Landspout & a Tornado?
A landspout and a tornado are both rotating columns of air that can cause damage, but they differ in their formation, structure, and characteristics:
Formation:
Landspout: A landspout is a type of non-supercell tornado that forms from a growing thunderstorm or cumulus cloud without a mesocyclone (a rotating updraft within a supercell). It typically develops from the ground upward when converging surface winds create a vortex that is stretched by an updraft in a developing storm.
Tornado: A tornado usually forms from a supercell thunderstorm with a mesocyclone. It descends from the cloud base downward as the mesocyclone tightens and intensifies due to strong atmospheric dynamics, such as wind shear.
Structure and Appearance:
Landspout: Landspouts are often narrower, more rope-like, and less organized than tornadoes. They typically appear as a slender, tube-like vortex extending from the cloud base to the ground, sometimes resembling a waterspout over land.
Tornado: Tornadoes are generally wider, more robust, and can take various shapes (e.g., wedge, cone, or rope). They are often associated with a visible funnel cloud and a debris cloud at the surface due to stronger winds.
Intensity and Duration:
Landspout: Landspouts are usually weaker (EF0–EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale) and shorter-lived, lasting a few minutes. They cause localized, less severe damage compared to tornadoes.
Tornado: Tornadoes can range from weak (EF0–EF1) to extremely violent (EF4–EF5), with some lasting over an hour. They can cause widespread, catastrophic damage due to higher wind speeds.
Associated Weather:
Landspout: Occurs in less severe weather, often under developing thunderstorms or cumulus clouds with minimal wind shear. They are not typically associated with large-scale storm systems.
Tornado: Often occurs in severe thunderstorms, especially supercells, with strong wind shear and dynamic atmospheric conditions conducive to powerful, long-lived storms.
Detection:
Landspout: Landspouts are harder to detect on radar because they lack a mesocyclone and may not produce a distinct radar signature.
Tornado: Tornadoes from supercells often show a mesocyclone signature on Doppler radar, aiding in their detection and warning issuance.
In summary, while both are rotating columns of air that contact the ground, landspouts are weaker, shorter-lived, and form without a mesocyclone under less severe conditions, whereas tornadoes are typically stronger, longer-lasting, and associated with supercell thunderstorms and mesocyclones.
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It's been a busy week and I took a wee walk over to Ardbain in the early evening. The cloud base was at about 300m and stuck there all day but there was a tiny break just before the sun set. I met this couple from New Zealand (Eric) and the Basque Country (Leira) and left them there hoping for a good sunset.
I only had the 'big' lens with me so no context I'm afraid!
Having stayed in Edale overnight, I thought I'd head up Kinder for sunrise, but unfortunately the cloud base was low and it kept drifting down over my chosen vantage point of Ringing Roger. After sunrise, it began to lift and break up a bit, and I managed to grab a shot of this brief moment of light in the valley to make the hike up worthwhile.
My attempt at summer photography has personally been a hard challenge as its one of the seasons tbh I just avoid. But I have given it a go on three trips through the months July and August and I must admit I miss my misty grey days. However it was a challenge and one I took on and at times did enjoy as I always use any trip as a scouting trip for future compositions.
I was more comfortable with the evening trips as the light at sunset was just amazing and was a real pleasant way to end the day. The chance of of fog or heavy dew is more common mornings but I had no luck there.
My composition here was one of my favourites on an evening trip, the light was just about seeping through a low cloud base and was just twinging the tree tops at the woodland in front of me.
As soon as it appeared though it disappeared just like my foggy mornings so the shot was hand held but all worked out well.
Again one of my favourite trees the birch providing some colour and contrast with the trees on the right.
Really looking forward to taken this one again in Autumn and not having to bother about the thousand midges which have turned my arms into the elephant man.
I have a few images still to post from the summer season, still need to PP them first. But for me I am saying goodbye summer days, bring on the rain, the fog and that atmosphere where I excel.
This photo was from my archives and uploaded OK, But after a computer glitch which required removal of ALL non micorsoft files and reloading them back on the computer, I have not been able to upload any of about 400 photos taken during the interim.
Flickr is cloud based and I did not have to reload as far as I know. I came online fine.
I downloaded Nikon VXNi and that's when I found the problem. I had not used this program reported to be 'nondestructive'.
I contacted NIKON and requested my former camera photo transfer program, VNX2, and tried to upload after processing with that program.
Still will not work. I did upload this photo from my archives.
I loaded the last attempt directly from the card without going through the D810 camera. Still not working.
I mostly shoot RAW [NEF}
Still won't work.
Getting advice from flickr is not available. I have to rely on someone's knowledge base that may have had a similar issue.
Any opinions?
Standing a top of the Long Mynd and looking back down on to the the landscape below. The light from the morning sun offered a cinematic scene with pockets of light spilling on to the landscape underneath the heavy cloud base.
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After reaching 81F, a strong cold front moved through late afternoon. The clouds responded with lots of turbulence and chaotic structure. The pattern was further enhanced as precipitation fell from the cloud base and instantly evaporated into 15% relative humidity.
Taken with iPhone 11 Pro Max
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Taken from the slopes of Blaven, Isle of Skye. Fantastic day's climbing, though the views from the very summit were obscured a bit as I was just at cloud base level... just need to do it again next year! Garbh Bheinn means "rough mountain" and is in the left middle distance in this shot - easy to see how it got its name,
As this strong thunderstorm approached, the ragged cloud base is referred to as the "whale's mouth" formation*. The sun breaking through the overcast lit the foreground landscape and created an unreal scene.
Time lapse of this event is worth viewing www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_spirit/54609054124:
* The "whale's mouth" formation in severe thunderstorms refers to a visual phenomenon where the underside of a cumulonimbus cloud, typically associated with thunderstorms, resembles the open mouth of a whale. This is often linked to specific storm structures, such as:
Rear-Flank Downdraft (RFD) or Forward-Flank Downdraft (FFD): The "whale's mouth" appearance is caused by a clear slot or wedge of dry, sinking air that wraps around the storm's mesocyclone or updraft area. This creates a dramatic, curved, and sometimes striated cloud feature that looks like a gaping mouth.
Shelf Cloud or Arcus Cloud: In some cases, the leading edge of a thunderstorm's outflow boundary forms a low, horizontal, wedge-shaped cloud that can resemble a whale's mouth, especially when illuminated by lightning or sunlight.
Visual Characteristics: The formation often appears as a sharp, well-defined edge with a turbulent, rolling look, sometimes with mammatus clouds (pouch-like structures) hanging from the underside, enhancing the resemblance.
This feature is most commonly seen in supercell thunderstorms or intense squall lines, where strong wind shear and dynamic processes sculpt the cloud structure. It’s a striking visual cue for storm chasers and meteorologists, often indicating a powerful storm with potential for severe weather like tornadoes, hail, or damaging winds.
Backlit shrubs and pines overlooking a 'cloud sea' on the slopes of Mount Teide, Tenerife. The cloud-base was several thousand feet below this altitude, so this is a view of the cloud tops. The warm colour temperature wasn't as much from the sun, but from a lot of dust that had blown up on a warm wind (a 'Calima') from the Sahara dessert in Africa to the east of of the Canary Islands.
Warm evening light sculpts a stack of towering cumulus into peach and gold. Mid-level bands slice across the frame for rhythm while the lower cloud base settles into shadow. A tight panoramic crop keeps the focus on light and structure.
"In a state of extreme, euphoric happiness" Who wouldn't be if they stopped to soak in this view over the Eden Valley? Blencathra at 2,848ft is touching the cloud base!
Wandered out with the camera on a dull murky damp day. Hoping that some heavy rain would appear and pulled the cloud base down. It never did and ended up qutie a warm sunny day. Anyway, earlier, i'd spotted this ladybird in a grass stem. Even had some water droplets on it. Was fairly breezy too, so held the stem with one hand and camera with other! surprised one came out sharp enough!
The steps were icily lethal this morning. I arrived as the sun was rising in an orange ball. So I dashed up the steps watching as the sun started to disappear behind an extremely low cloud base. And just as I thought I had seconds left to catch it, I pulled off my back pack and unzipped it to get my camera. Doh! No camera! I had left it in the car!
Was looking for the setting sun to show its fanfare under that cloud base on the right and it sort of obliged but also the moody clouds had something to say about it whilst the wind turbines were waving good-bye to the sun as they do all the while the workers were abandoning the city for their home fires...
April 6, 2021 - North of Lebanon Kansas US
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We had packed up and parted ways that evening. It would be about another 2 hours before the storm to the south would be in the area we chose for that afternoon. We were not set up for night chasing that day and so we called it a night.
These storms were dying on the way north as we tagged along side. Nice rays with cloud-base to end this day's chase!
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A very speedy trip to Corndon Tor the other morning was definitely worth it. I woke early and looked out and saw a clear sky to the east and heavy rain clouds approaching. I tried to get in the right place and as the sun popped over Haytor the the cloud base lit up scarlet. These are my favourite, but short lived conditions, but alas don't happen very often.
Drove 45 minutes for about 14 minutes worth of shooting and that was it...but what a way to kick off Monsoon 2017 four nights ago just northeast of Casa Grande. Storms moving southwest towards that area weren't dying out like expected, so the kids and I went into emergency drill mode and got everything in the car in record time, and bolted to McCartney Road just off I-10 and watched some crazy bolts flash before us.
The storm itself was different, not sure why. Bolts were arcing out away from the cell over and over which seemed unusual...and I thought I saw some striations up in the cloud base briefly, but was hard to tell. Definitely a lot of drama with the downburst and dust exploding southwestward. That area is one of my favorites for that very reason...all that dust and flatness just adds so much to an image.
September 1, 2018 - I-80 Westbound by Gibbon Nebraska US
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After that last storm fizzled out. I had a short drive back to K-Town and what looked like a roll cloud from a distance turned out to be a shelf cloud without it being attached to another cloud base.
Technically this should have appeared to be rotating on a horizontal access but its definition would be a shelf cloud. Due to its formation. This time of years almost anything is possible cloud-wise in Nebraska.
I pulled off for a few minutes til this passed over. It would eventually become a severe thunderstorm as it went through Adams County and eastward. Storms were traveling fast at 45mph so I wasn't going to try and stay ahead of it and chase this cell.
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The sun has set fifteen minutes ago and the blue hour begins. The horizon and the cloud base seem golden. The stormy sea crashes wave after wave against the shore and its splashes reach my photo equipment. No reason to give up. Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.
I wanted to get the three bridges together with all three bridges landing and looking north. So I've named them the "Three Sisters" The weather was ideal yesterday with the low cloud base giving me the opportunity for a long exposure, I hope you enjoy my images, thanks again for taking the time to view and comment. The blurb and credits below was sourced from Wikipedia.
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Forth Road bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth
The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry, (courtesy of Wikipedia}
Yesterday they started major roadworks to the bridge, however, there were no major problems during the morning peak after the Queensferry Crossing had closed to southbound traffic for resurfacing work. Motorists travelling towards Edinburgh from Fife have been diverted onto the Forth Road Bridge while 15 metres of tarmac on the crossing is replaced.
It still looks beautiful from this standpoint
We never get tired of this view, and Max always reminds me to pull over into this spot before we go home. Or even if we are on the way to somewhere else! But this time it was done with intention because the weather was starting to lift, providing a chance to take some shots. There is something about this view that fires my imagination because you never quite know what might happen. The weather might have been really awful all day but then quickly lift, giving you some sublime, uplifting sunsets. Other times the low cloud base creates an atmosphere that just lulls you into deep introspection.
These changes of mood were the inspiration for The Sacred Isle Series, and I wanted to try and express how this wonderful landscape made me feel; at times as if I were floating in eternity, at other times deeply grounded in reality. But never did I lose sight of being connected to a wider, bigger story, one that keeps unfolding and never stops.
This view is overlooking the Sussex landscape towards Firle Beacon, on the South Downs of England. And Max is my VW Polo, who has got used to my constant need to photograph our home and landscape.
We thought you might like to see the landscape in ‘real-time’, before I transformed the results into works that reflect what my mind envisioned that day and what it was the landscape was trying to tell me.
So the following works after this post are from The Sacred Isles Series, and I hope you enjoy them and as I gradually add more works that are completed.
To view the Sacred Isle Series on my website, especially as more works go up, follow this link. There the works will appear as a designed piece with the poetry, and in the order I want them to be read.