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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.
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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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.
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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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.
Actually, my veggie garden... I let the flowers creep into this strip.. Portland, Dorset - August 2016
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.
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.
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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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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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.
1/20/2023
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
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!
After a cold front passed, winds were gusting to 45mph. Obvious turbulence is noted by this chaotic cloud base. Taken at 11AM.
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.
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.
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.
Having had a discussion with Terry Roberts about best lakeland fell for heather and then seeing Mike Tonge's photos from the place, I had to go visit Lingmoor Fell. It was cold, rather windy and pretty wet but the odd break in the clouds did promise an ease in the conditions eventually! Crinkle Crags was shrouded in the low cloud base most of the morning.
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.
Thanks Explore (#50). Best position (#137).
At sunset, the sun illuminates the cloud base to enhance cloud structure.
Picture of the Day x 3
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?
Thanks Explore (#113). Position (#99)
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
Picture of the Day x 10
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 crowds began camping out in Whitehall under a grey blanket of stratus cloud on the Sunday evening before Her Majesty The Queen's funeral, a weird light grew on the western horizon at the edge of the cloud base. Dropping beneath the clouds, the strong setting sun briefly illuminated the top of Parliament and the Great Hall of Westminster. The newly restored Queen Elizabeth Tower which houses the bell known as Big Ben blazed in all its glory. To enhance this stunning view, the elements conspired to provide a smirr of rain to create a double rainbow arcing over the Elizabeth Tower down to the Great Hall where Her Majesty lay in state. A truly magnificent tribute from nature to the end of the Second Elizabethan Era - if you choose to believe in such things.
[This photograph made it into In Explore in 2022 but Flickr zeroed all my pictures by reclassifying them as Restricted having identified that I inadvertently had not made 30 photographs of the London Naked Bike Ride marked as Moderate/Restricted out of 3900 photographs. This removed them from all Groups instantly without any prior warning or threat and despite my remedying the issue immediately I became aware of it. As a consequence all my Groups have been removed and, despite Flickr reclassifying them all as Safe; Flickr cannot apparently restore them to their Groups meaning I have to go through literally thousands of pictures to add Groups.
Truly Draconian : You have been warned.]
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.
"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!
Digital collage, painting and processing
With thanks to Richard Young for permission to use figure of the dancer
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With thanks to MicRitz for permission to use the sky/clouds base photo
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BARBARA STREISAND - SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
Pure drama in the skies over Croome in Worcestershire! The low ridge that runs the length of the park is just high enough to get you that much closer to the cloud base as the weather blows across the Severn valley. The evening light picks out the thicker and thinner parts of the uneven cloud layer to give the colour range from battleship grey and dark blue through to light pink.
Thanks to everyone who dropped by, it was a complete surprise when this got Explored! If anyone has any idea how Explore works, please let me know.
United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flown by crew of 492d Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, banks a hard left while training under a low cloud-base in Mid Wales.
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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...
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.
I captured this Hercules military transport aircraft passing over Lake Windermere and thought this almost silhouette shot departing into the distance against the thick white cloud base was very atmospheric.
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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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
An intense cold front gradually lowers the cloud base shrouding the summit of Moel Hebog in cloud as crepuscular rays of light dance around it's base.
With the rising sun attempting to break through the cloud base 66523 has got 4M32 Felixstowe to Birch Coppice rolling again after its run round at Duddeston Junction whilst the crew of 66726 Sheffield Wednesday stretch their legs prior to running into RMC with 6G51 from Hindlow.
This one is fun to look at Large. Go ahead and click on it!
I forget where we were... I was chasing behind Marcus Gutierrez and Brandon Ivey, and I think it was day three. We were having a great time under this cloud base next to a train yard. There was so much motion on the outside column that we were sure something good would happen, but then it started blowing winds at us, which is the sign of a dying storm
Dull and cloudy evening, just a few patches of light occasionally picking out something. Briefly a patch fell on the hillside near the peak of North Barrule in the background... it typically it's hidden beneath a low cloud base, even in summer, so I should be grateful it put in an appearance.
Seen from Hart Crag pair of hikers can be seen in this view on the summit of Great Rigg. In the background, the mighty Scafell Pike punctures the cloud base.
I am just about at the end of my uploads from this hike. I do have many more but they are in most cases quite similar to ones I have already shared on Flickr.
I hope you are not too bored of bluebells yet - It's coming to a peak this week on Dartmoor with the recent very warm weather. I wanted to capture them in perhaps a more typical setting this year and popped down the other evening when the cloud base had dropped.
As true as possible to the conditions of the day
a deluge of emotion raining down the Tor
oblique, occasionally obscured, the mind at play
tricks of the Spring trading in it's warmth for
the changes we lavish with stats to get our way
now all forgotten, open to the Sanctus winds in store
following a fatherly lead progress really is made
undestroyed memories pass like high-speed windows
of the train that doesn't stop at my station frayed
for this is already the journey of never ending shadows
images of bygone fellows burrow the mind and invade
now up this timeless path to the frenzy of misted narrows
what cannot be true engages the senses out of wedlock
refined living and celebate myths rise ever-more steeper
the stories of others battles it's way into a souvenir woodblock
highlighted by stove-light to illuminate the diary keeper
visions past play before the Tor to this windswept flock
as if the rich strain of today's forebearance could possibly be any deeper
the howls and hoots of weathering beyond the graves
whistles past me like a snapshot of reanimate comfort
what joy it brings over these dark momentary waves
now there's no time for any time-sickness's discomfort
as time itself forever marches with no conscience of how it behaves
for such defined reasoning of this moment is left to the scale of Beaufort!
now it's done, the weather leaves no cadre unturned, so to speak
just the cacti touch of presage-driven rain into this speed camera record
of all we have done upon the humbling trail of ancestral antique
thus it becomes ever clearer, staggering up the hill of reverence restored
for every monument on the surface has inner revelations unique
and that's for us to decipher, for it's this elemental grounding we walk toward.
by anglia24 (in the steps of my forebears)
09h45: 05/06/2008
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