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Cumulonimbus Wolke*
Eine massige und dichte Wolke von großer vertikaler Ausdehnung in Form eines mächtigen Berges oder hohen Turmes.
Ein Cumulonimbus entsteht aus einem Cumulus.
Die deutlich abgegrenzten, rundlichen Aufquellungen verlieren sich im oberen Teil der Wolke, die scharfen Umrisse lösen sich auf und führen zu einer faserigen, streifigen Wolkenmasse, die schliesslich in eine Ambossform (incus) münden kann.
Unterhalb der häufig finsteren Wolkenuntergrenze befinden sich oft niedrige zerfetzte Wolkenstreifen, die mit der Hauptwolke zusammengewachsen sein können.
Der Niederschlag aus dem Ambossteil fällt gelegentlich als Virga.
Cumulonimbus cloud *
A massive and dense cloud of great vertical extension in the form of a mighty mountain or high tower. A cumulonimbus arises from a cumulus.
The clearly delimited, roundish swellings are lost in the upper part of the cloud, the sharp outlines dissolve and lead to a fibrous, streaky cloud mass, which can ultimately lead to an anvil shape (incus).
Below the often dark cloud base there are often low, shredded cloud stripes that may have grown together with the main cloud.
The precipitation from the anvil section occasionally falls as Virga.
Today’s shot is of one of my favourite lighting effects.
The whole day had been cloudy and not just overcast, I’m talking about clouds with attitude. The atmosphere was dark, moody and heavy with moisture. The clouds clung to everything and visibility seemed to stop a few feet above your head wherever you were on the island. So imagine my delight when heading home for the night after a wasted day trying to shoot anything in the flat light I saw this delightful effect of the sun appearing beneath the cloud base. This was the effect of the sun finding a gap under the clouds in those few moments before it approaches the horizon at sunset. The world just seemed to explode in light in comparison to how dark and grey everything had been under the moody skies. The light show lasted for no more than a few seconds and then it was back to grey, grey and more grey. Ah well…sigh!
I didn’t get to see Harris at it's best, in fact I would say I probably saw it's worst, but little glimpses like this may be enough to make me think of that return visit.
It was a lovely sunny May day a couple of years back when I found this brood of juvenile Wheatear. Such a contrast from today when the cloud base hasn't got above 200 feet.
For my 2nd (& last) full day in Scotland, I had decided to head a little further north and perhapsup a little higher than Ben A'an's 454m (1490ft).
However as I headed through Callendar the rain set in more heavily and the cloud base dropped: not what I wanted at all. However it did give rise to this atmospheric scene across Loch Lubnaig.
Managed to capture the last light through the cloud base at Colliford Lake yesterday.
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The day kind of got away from me - thought it was still Saturday today. This is a recent photo with the sun trying unsuccessfully to push through the lower cloud base. There was just a hint of warm light in the clouds, which I emphasized to fit into the Sliders Sunday theme.
More reasons to shop.... a super store in Southport......
Taken on a return to the car, on the hurry up .... ;-))))
This was one of many of my images of the dam, the light and the cloud base was constantly shifting, such a beautiful place and well worth a visit, hope you enjoy.
As you approach Pubil and Lubreoch, the glen is increasingly dominated by the massive Lubreoch Dam, whose construction in the 1950s created the five mile long Loch Lyon as part of a wider hydro-electric scheme. The head of Glen Lyon is an intriguing place, with the far end of the loch being only four miles from Bridge. These four Munro's Carn Gorm, Meall Garbh, Carn Mairg and Meall na Aighean are at the farthest end of Loch Lyon
July 2020 lockdown lifting hike Wasn't all 'stuck in low cloud base' all day, .... the cloud lifted on the Ptarmigan ridge descent to the south west of Ben Lomond , made oor day!! #epic ... why go anywhere else #visitscotland #staysafe
Typical summer weather in the middle of Norway :(
Low cloud base and rain in the air for days. Backseat view from the left bubble window in a Seaking MK43b. About 2000 ft I think.
July 2020 lockdown lifting hike Wasn't all 'stuck in low cloud base' all day, .... the cloud lifted on the Ptarmigan ridge descent to the south west of Ben Lomond , made oor day!! #epic ... why go anywhere else #visitscotland #staysafe
Most of our visitors to Alnwick have experienced really lovely weather (even ones who visited in February last year!). Sadly this wasn't the case when our friends Rob & Barbara paid us a flying visit last November. The cloud-base was barely above the hilltops and sometimes even lower, with occasional outbreaks of rain. Thus a coast walk/visit to Lindisfarne wasn't on the cards.
However Rob & Barbara are both engineers, and less than 15 mins drive from us is the wonderful National Trust Cragside property. This is most famous as being the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity, introduced by its owner William /Armstrong - who was first and foremost a pioneering engineer. Thus we spent a fascinating, albeit damp, few hours exploring some of the grounds and buildings. This is the lovely footbridge which spans the gorge just below the main house.
Huge cumulus clouds with their characteristic vertical growth from the flat lifting condensation level (LCL) on a warm late spring day.
In the foreground are lights from an intramural playing field and the top of an inflatable recreation center at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and a water tower of the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Sunrise from my office in Cardiff, I think 5 October 2022.
A sequence of three photos, taken within about two minutes as the rising sun shone on the cloud base. This the second as light floods the sky. .
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The Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force display team, putting on an outstanding 'flat' display at the Scottish International Airshow 2018 in Ayr, Scotland.
Despite the cloud base forcing a 'flat' display, the routine was just as breathtaking. The world class precision was evident in every single shot that I captured and it was a perfect way to close out the airshow for the day.
Captured handheld with my 200mm lens and 2x extender. The extender does reduce image quality a little, as well as obviously reducing light reaching the sensor, but in the absence of being able to afford a truly long telephoto lens - it works well enough for some great shots of an airshow display. Enjoy!
About 3 AM in the morning with a low cloud base. The sun is pushing through in the horizon. Low tide and all the fantastic mountains in this area are covered in thick fog. Lee little stopper and polarizer.
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening etc.... So bird watching in a thunder storm today. If you look closely, you can see the small feathers on the top of its head standing up on end as the negatively charged base of the thunder cloud overhead repels the electrons in them, this causes the ends, now positively charged to become attracted to the cloud base. A sure sign of an imminent lighting strike... Luckily for us and the Great white egret the next bolt came down elsewhere.
Sunrise from my office in Cardiff, I think 5 October 2022.
A sequence of three photos, taken within about two minutes as the rising sun shone on the cloud base. This the first as soon as I spotted it.
As we start to reach the summit plateau of An Socach, we also climb into the cloud base as we look back the way we've come. It was swirling around us and formed a wall of white, not like fog at all really. Eating the sandwiches in the lee of a shelter cairn, we had wisps of cloud blowing just beyond our feet, a quite magical experience.
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.
A view south east from the summit of Sgor Mor where the low clouds still cover some of the southern Munro's.
At a height of 2667 feet (813 meters), Sgor Mor doesn't quite qualify as a Munro as it's 333 feet (111 meters) short, but it is a Corbett and offers some great views of the Cairngorms.
Yew Tree Tarn, Lake District.
After a very wet walk from Yew Tree Tarn up to Tarn Hows and along I returned to the head of the Tarn fully clad in waterproofs but still soaked through. Boots in particular were very squelchy (hence the title). You can see the cloud base in the trees. These trees (I’m not sure but I think they were Willows) were just beginning to turn, sort of lime green/yellow and they have rendered, to my eyes anyway, well in black and white, almost like an Infra Red photo. Amusingly I took a further picture of a fence line running into the Tarn right its Northern end that would have normally required the deployment of wellies. By this stage I didn’t care, I just waded out into the water, boots and all! And to think just a few weeks before the Tarn had almost completely dried out. And just as a post date to the picture, I did go into Ambleside the next day to purchase some new, and hopefully water tight, walking boots.
Shot in Harding County, New Mexico, USA in July 2024. I was out driving around to take in the majesty of the thunderstorms that afternoon - there's nothing quite like a good Great Plains thunderstorm. The massive "mothership" storm seemed to be reaching down towards some cows with a "finger." I don't think this was a tornado, as I didn't see any obvious rotational activity, but it looked really cool. It may have been some sort of arcus cloud, based on my limited research. To my knowledge, the cows actually did fine. I can't wait for more dramatic, summertime storms.
Camera: Fujifilm X-T5
Lens: Tamron 18-300 mm
Settings: ISO 500, f/8, 1/160s, 109 mm
Shot handheld.
66715 having run round at Blea Moor U.G.L. approaches Ribblehead station heading south with the 1125 Arcow Quarry to Hunslet Tilcon which I think is near Leeds.It was one of those days when the sun was more in than out and the cloud base was encroaching more and more southwards as the day progressed.
Sunrise from my office in Cardiff, I think 5 October 2022.
A sequence of three photos, taken within about two minutes as the rising sun shone on the cloud base. This the third, after which it faded very rapidly
This is a strange sunset phenomena I see once in awhile. The rays such as these here are actually not in the west but are in the east as the sun goes down. They appear to be related to shadows cast by clouds based on this image, but if anyone knows what this effect is called or can explain why it does this-- please do. Edit: and flickr comes through, I knew I could count on the hive mind to find the term! Thanks goes to algo, larigan, and ER Post for finding these are anti-crepuscular rays, fascinating!
Note:the rays were not added in photoshop, I emphasized them here with a blend of hdr and non-hdr layers to create the final result. A total of two hdr images composed from 8 exposures 1 ev apart and two original frames were used to create the final result that best shows off the rays in the east to my tastes.
5am at Brodick bay, and it's a bit foggy. The cloud base was down to a couple of hundred feet and the shoreline on the opposite side of the bay was barely discernable. It did make me wonder if there was an inversion to be seen from the hidden mountain tops - but sadly I had a ferry to catch.
I recently visited St Mary's Bay, Brixham, Devon with the hope of capturing a wonderful sunrise. At first it looked very promising as the approaching sun lit the clouds close to the horizon but then it fizzled out as the cloud base dropped a little and was left with a fairly dull scene. I had given up any hope of a any nice light but then about 10 mins later the clouds broke up a little so I went for this shot taken about half way along the beach looking toward Sharkham Point.
I hope you like it and thanks for looking.
These type of clouds are formed by strong updraft at lower altitudes, acting upon moist air above, causing the air to cool to its dew point. As such, they are usually indicators of severe weather, and a pileus found atop a cumulus cloud often foreshadows transformation into a cumulonimbus cloud, as it indicates a strong updraft within the cloud.
Today, with temperatures in the low 70's, these clouds would have developed into thunderstorms if it were 4 to 6 weeks later when the sun's ability to enhance instability in the atmosphere is much greater. Note the virga below the dark cloud base.
Picture of the Day
The Bleaklow Bomber series. The plane was a US Air Force (USAF) Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow in the Peak District in 1948. It was modified as a reconnaissance aircraft, rather than a bomber. The aircraft crashed at Higher Shelf Stones on the Bleaklow moorland plateau near Glossop in Derbyshire on 3 November 1948. It was on a routine daytime flight with two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington. The pilot Captain Landon Tanner and co-pilot Captain Harry Stroud were flying by instruments as the area was covered in low cloud. Based on the flight time, the crew believed it had passed the hills and began to descend. At about 11:00 the aircraft hit the ground at 610m above sea level, 300m north east of the summit of Higher Shelf Stones, and it was engulfed in flames. All 11 crew and 2 military passengers perished in the crash. When the aircraft failed to arrive at the Burtonwood airbase, the nearby RAF Mountain Rescue Service was called to search for the missing aircraft. Already on a training exercise upon the Kinder Scout moors, the RAF Harpur Hill rescue team headed to Bleaklow and located the crash site at about 16:30, by which time the light was fading. The debris of the aircraft was scattered with only the tail section intact. The recovery of the occupants took place the following morning and their bodies were taken to Burtonwood. The aircraft was carrying the $7,400 wages for the Burtonwood airbase. The money survived the fire and was recovered at the crash site by the American Military Police. (Wikipedia) Peak District, United Kingdom
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Another panorama because I can’t help myself. Was hoping to capture some sunrise color or alpine glow, but sadly no clouds. Based on the position of the sun and the high humidity it was more of an Alpine haze then a glow. It’s a wonderful location that I hope I can visit again someday.
The Bleaklow Bomber series.
This is what a crashed engine looks like almost 80 years after the accident.
The plane was a US Air Force (USAF) Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow in the Peak District in 1948. It was modified as a reconnaissance aircraft, rather than a bomber. The aircraft crashed at Higher Shelf Stones on the Bleaklow moorland plateau near Glossop in Derbyshire on 3 November 1948. It was on a routine daytime flight with two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington. The pilot Captain Landon Tanner and co-pilot Captain Harry Stroud were flying by instruments as the area was covered in low cloud. Based on the flight time, the crew believed it had passed the hills and began to descend. At about 11:00 the aircraft hit the ground at 610m above sea level, 300m north east of the summit of Higher Shelf Stones, and it was engulfed in flames. All 11 crew and 2 military passengers perished in the crash. When the aircraft failed to arrive at the Burtonwood airbase, the nearby RAF Mountain Rescue Service was called to search for the missing aircraft. Already on a training exercise upon the Kinder Scout moors, the RAF Harpur Hill rescue team headed to Bleaklow and located the crash site at about 16:30, by which time the light was fading. The debris of the aircraft was scattered with only the tail section intact. The recovery of the occupants took place the following morning and their bodies were taken to Burtonwood. The aircraft was carrying the $7,400 wages for the Burtonwood airbase. The money survived the fire and was recovered at the crash site by the American Military Police. (Wikipedia)
Peak District, United Kingdom
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Nimbostratus cloud over the dutch landscape
Nimbostratus are dark, low-level clouds accompanied by light to moderately falling precipitation. Low clouds are primarily composed of water droplets since their bases generally lie below 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). However, when temperatures are cold enough, these clouds may also contain ice particles and snow.
The sun or moon is not visible through nimbostratus clouds, which distinguishes them from mid-level altostratus clouds. Because of the fog and falling precipitation commonly found beneath and around nimbostratus clouds, the cloud base is typically very diffuse and difficult to accurately determine. So if a metereologist corrects me, I'll be happy, because learning new things is a good thing.
This weather picture was taken in South-Holland , the Netherlands, in the early evening.
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 in the mid-1950s, was added in 1868-79.
This is an unprocessed shot, straight from the camera.
The weather was dire. Fierce winds and a lowering cloud base. Just as we got to the pass, a few hundred metres from the peak of Sgurr an Fhidleir, the cloud suddenly descended and enveloped us. We found shelter from the wind and tried to wait it out, hoping the cloud would lift. It didn't. After more than an hour we decided to cut our losses and head to the peak regardless of the powerful winds and lack of views.
But it was on our way down whilst pausing for a moment at the pass that suddenly the cloud lifted a little, revealing the most gorgeous light through to Stac Pollaidh. A fine reward for our patience and determination.
Leaving the bike further down the slope, I enter the cloud base as I make the final push to the summit of Glas Tulaichean. Looking back I get a great view of the track I have been following, but most of the rest of the landscape is obscured by the mist of the clouds.
Glas Tulaichean is my 5th Munro of the season and the 28th in total, bringing me to a Munro completion rate of near enough 10%. The mountain stands at 1051 meters (3448 feet) and is the last one I will do as I have now moved away from Scotland and back to my roots in South Yorkshire as the pull of the Grandchildren was just too strong.
AI racing was great 'n all but even with cloud-based Drive Assist the buggies still need some numpty on hand to keep them in the competition.
The morning after the first real cold winter storm of the season in early March. The clouds slowly lift with their bottoms at my altitude of 2000 Ft. The rising sun attempts to show its self and makes a dramatic bright area in the cloud layer. Northern California U.S.A.
Four bolts at once. The plethora of branches and the low cloud base around them, as well as the reflection of lightning on the wet rooftops, made me choose this as one of my favorite shots from that night. One can also observe, by zooming in, the upward streamer on the rooftop where the central bolt (the one closer to me) hits.
Shooting with f/11 and considering the distance, can give an impression of how strong the flashes were.
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This particular view features a lot in The Winter Stories Series, and it may not look the most exciting thing in the world here, but when I leave Max in the lay-by and start to work with my camera, things happen.
The ridge with the somewhat battered line of trees marks one of the trackways that lead all over the Downs, still connecting villages and at one time the older communities who left their burial mounds known as round barrows or long barrows in many places across the higher ridges and hills of the Downs in the South of England. Here it seems to act like a crossroads, with the road providing the other ‘arm’. Once you travel over that ridge on the road you come to the Litlington Village, which is Saxon in origin, in the valley on the other side.
Because the weather can change so fast here it is always different and I have learnt that even on the dullest days you might suddenly get a burst of light coming through from under the cloud base. When that happens it changes the mood completely and the landscape starts to really ‘speak’ to me.
Later on when I view the images I will also attempt to put into words what the landscape was trying to tell me. I have lived in Sussex in England all my life, and I have roamed over quite a lot of it over the years, but there are some locations that just keep calling me back, and this area here has a lot to say to me at this time it would seem.
I hope you enjoy the following works after this post that belong to The Winter Stories Series. Gradually I will add more that are also completed, both on here and on my Website. To view in the Flickr Album, click here:
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To view The Winter Stories Series on my website, especially as more works go up, follow this link.
Here the works will appear as a designed piece with the poetry, and in the order I want them to be seen, and there is also a more detailed introduction about the series to read.
This isolated ~10 mile wide cell traveled quickly from Fort Collins, Colorado in late afternoon. The structure of the storm suggested lots of turbulence with mammatus clouds dominating its cloud base and anvil.
I was on the northwest side of Cheyenne and traveled east for a closer look only to run into 0.5 to 1 inch hail. Fortunately, I back tracked and within 2 minutes got out of the hail. What followed was a beautiful Cumulus Congestus cloud: www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_spirit/55309516619.
Picture of the day
The Bleaklow Bomber series.
A memorial was erected for the victims. Quite the moving place to visit, I have to say.
The plane was a US Air Force (USAF) Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow in the Peak District in 1948. It was modified as a reconnaissance aircraft, rather than a bomber. The aircraft crashed at Higher Shelf Stones on the Bleaklow moorland plateau near Glossop in Derbyshire on 3 November 1948. It was on a routine daytime flight with two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington. The pilot Captain Landon Tanner and co-pilot Captain Harry Stroud were flying by instruments as the area was covered in low cloud. Based on the flight time, the crew believed it had passed the hills and began to descend. At about 11:00 the aircraft hit the ground at 610m above sea level, 300m north east of the summit of Higher Shelf Stones, and it was engulfed in flames. All 11 crew and 2 military passengers perished in the crash. When the aircraft failed to arrive at the Burtonwood airbase, the nearby RAF Mountain Rescue Service was called to search for the missing aircraft. Already on a training exercise upon the Kinder Scout moors, the RAF Harpur Hill rescue team headed to Bleaklow and located the crash site at about 16:30, by which time the light was fading. The debris of the aircraft was scattered with only the tail section intact. The recovery of the occupants took place the following morning and their bodies were taken to Burtonwood. The aircraft was carrying the $7,400 wages for the Burtonwood airbase. The money survived the fire and was recovered at the crash site by the American Military Police. (Wikipedia)
Peak District, United Kingdom
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