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April is a great month for creating images with strong cloud formations. It’s true what they say about April showers...This was another image that I had in mind following a number of walks around the nature reserve; all I needed was a day when the clouds were at their showery best and the pond was reasonably still. This image was made in colour, but I always had an infra red mono conversion in mind.
Low flattened type Cumulus.
Cairns atop Chandrashila peak at sunrise with panorama of Himalayan peaks.
Cumulus clouds developing to the southwest. These would build into strong thunderstorms over the Dayton, OH area and create a damaging micro burst in Riverside, OH.
This is Inspector Cumulus, a 3D CAD sculpt for Jonathan Edwards illustrator. It was created in Rhino 3d and rendered in Vray.
You can see more of Jonathans work here www.jonathan-e.com www.jonathan-e.blogspot.com
This was actually early November, years back, on one of my first IR safaris (no panoramas yet). When I came across this photo, I thought this is infrared, but it's not. Apparently I had my trusty D90 with me also, and took some shots on the side.
Nikon D90 (APS-C crop sensor / DX)
Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC
ISO640, 65mm, f/8, 1/3200sec (-2EV)
(thus 97mm full frame equivalent)
single shot, handheld, VC on
Cirrus (cloud classification symbol: Ci) is a genus of atmospheric cloud generally characterized by thin, wispy strands, giving the type its name from the Latin word cirrus, meaning a ringlet or curling lock of hair. This cloud can form at any altitude between 16,500 ft (5.0 km; 3.13 mi) and 45,000 ft (14 km; 8.5 mi) above sea level. The strands of cloud sometimes appear in tufts of a distinctive form referred to by the common name of "mares' tails".
On planet Earth, cirrus generally appears white or light grey in color. It forms when water vapor undergoes deposition at altitudes above 5,500 m (18,000 ft) in temperate regions. Since cirrus clouds arrive in advance of the frontal system, it indicates that weather conditions may soon deteriorate. While it indicates the arrival of precipitation (rain), cirrus clouds only produce fall streaks (falling ice crystals that evaporate before landing on the ground).
Lower down are Cumulus clouds which are clouds which have flat bases and are often described as "puffy", "cotton-like" or "fluffy" in appearance. Their name derives from the Latin cumulo-, meaning heap or pile. Cumulus clouds are low-level clouds, generally less than 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in altitude unless they are the more vertical cumulus congestus form. Cumulus clouds may appear by themselves, in lines, or in clusters.
Cumulus clouds are often precursors of other types of clouds, such as cumulonimbus, when influenced by weather factors such as instability, moisture, and temperature gradient. Normally, cumulus clouds produce little or no precipitation, but they can grow into the precipitation-bearing congestus or cumulonimbus clouds. Cumulus clouds can be formed from water vapor, supercooled water droplets, or ice crystals, depending upon the ambient temperature. They come in many distinct subforms, and generally cool the earth by reflecting the incoming solar radiation. Cumulus clouds are part of the larger category of free-convective cumuliform clouds, which include cumulonimbus clouds. The latter genus-type is sometimes categorized separately as cumulonimbiform due to its more complex structure that often includes a cirriform or anvil top. There are also cumuliform clouds of limited convection that comprise stratocumulus (low-étage), altocumulus (middle-étage) and cirrocumulus (high-étage). These last three genus-types are sometimes classified separately as stratocumuliform.
The meadow here is in Wenvoe (Welsh: Gwenfô) which is a Welsh village and community between Barry and Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Nearby is the Wenvoe Transmitter near Twyn-yr-Odyn and the Site of the former HTV Wales Television Centre at Culverhouse Cross which is now a new housing estate in the suburbs of Cardiff. It is home to the Wenvoe Quarry and Wenvoe Castle Golf Club.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_cloud
Cirrus and cumulus clouds in the mid morning blue sky over Blayney in the Central West of NSW, Australia.
After a long cruise flight from the city of Fortaleza in the Northeast of Brazil bound to Sao Paulo we was gifted with an amazing view of this lonely Cumulus Nimbus in a perfect clear sky right above the city of Sao Jose dos Campos
A line of puffy cumulus clouds along highway 60, on a small stretch of land that separates Cedar Lake to the North and Lake Winnipegosis to the South.
Cumulus are detached clouds, generally dense and with sharp outlines. They develop vertically in the form of rising mounds, domes or towers. The sunlit parts are mostly brilliant white, with a relatively dark and nearly horizontal base. Cumulus congestus, as seen in this image, are strongly sprouting Cumulus clouds of moderate to strong vertical extent (at least 2 to 3 km) with the bulging upper part resembling a cauliflower.
The final album from Jazz Fusion trio Cumulus saw them take on a more relaxed approach. Gone were the harsh noise workouts to be replaced by a mellow groove thanks mainly to the frequent guest appearances from Vibraphone master (and self confessed prankster) Alan Donut. Released in 1977 on crazy kat records.