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Virga are often referred to as 'jellyfish clouds' based on their puffy-top appearance with streaky stingers hanging below. Apart from jellyfish though, they are often spotted looking like various objects in the sky.
While spending the day spotting at RAF Valley, I was watching an A400M doing circuits at Chester and had been doing doing them for quite a while. Deciding that we would pack it in for the day, we returned to the holiday cottage I decided to look at the flight tracker again, only to find the Atlas had stopped doing circuits at Chester and was lining up to do circuits at Valley!
Seems to be something about RAF Valley visitor-wise; you turn up and you're either too late or nothing appears, or here the aircraft wait for you to leave and then appear!
ZM412 is seen here lining up for one of three approach and go's to Runway 19 on 29/08/2019. The cloud base was very low so I was lucky to get a shot here.
I retain a soft-spot for the Hercules, having had the good fortune to fly in one as an Air Cadet in the 90s. It’s a spectacular example of a machine that has been almost perfect in its various roles for decades in various air forces and some civilian uses.
It was pleasing to see one running up on the apron at Christchurch as we taxied in earlier. An RAAF one flew over our house last week, but it was above the cloud base. First time in years I have seen operational versions. The RAAF one then did low passes along the coast of the Mornington Peninsula before returning to New South Wales. Not sure where this machine departed too, as I was busy getting to my hotel.
I mostly grabbed this shot for Joshua. Fiddling with it in Lightroom, I felt the colour tone resulting from shooting through the aeroplane window resembled a film shot. The over-exposed strip (from a reflection or such like on the aeroplane window) resembled a light leak too, further prompting me to add some grain to further the effect, so I have decided to keep it.
While having dinner, I the sky full of scattered clouds, based on experience, a hot day will usually have a nice sunset.
So I ate my dinner in a rush and went to the rooftop to find this scene in front of me.
Took this shot with my phone.
I have yet to see the shots in my Canon camera.
Little more than ten minutes earlier, Harringworth Viaduct had been bathed in glorious winter sunshine, but everyone overlooking this scene knew that we would not be getting Vintage Trains 'Corby Luncheon Shuttle' in such superb light. In fact, a small gap in the cloud base did materialise, sufficient to add a bit of glint onto the train, hauled by No. 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' with No. 7029 'Clun Castle' at the rear, as it made its way across the viaduct. It was an add-on working to an earlier train from Tyseley Steam Trust to Melton Mowbray, this being the 1356 Melton Mowbray - Corby - Melton Mowbray shuttle that had earlier been worked by No. 7029 on the outward leg. In the background is Harringworth village, with the spire of St John the Baptist parish church prominent. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
The Sun setting through a gap in the clouds from Dale Head. Honister slate mine is seen on the flanks of Fleetwith Pike above the Honister Pass. Great Gable looms centre left, the cloud base high enough to reveal her summit. The Peaks of Esk Pike and Bowfell to the left. Scafell Pike and Scafell immersed in cloud as so often is the case. Kirk Fell bathed in sunlight on the right with Yewbarrow poking out from behind.
I took a friend up onto Kinder Scout for the first time today, ascending with a scramble up Crowden Clough onto the plateau, across to Swines Back through the Wool Packs and down Jacobs Ladder.
The weather was very much the same as Tuesday, if not a little clearer. My friend concurred that the low cloud base and murk added to otherworldly feeling of the wind weathered landscape.
I took the liberty of holding up our hike and catch-up to snap this photograph, the light permeating under the cloud base and silhouettes of Swines Back and South Head looking too good to miss.
I took a little while to find my foreground, but I finally settled on this moss-covered boulder that almost reflected the profile of the peaks on the horizon. This perhaps didn't come through so clearly in the final photo, I think it just about holds it together though.
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.
LPPT. Under terrible meteorological conditions with torrential rain and low cloud base / Sob condições meteorológicas terrÃveis com chuva torrencial e nuvens baixas....
1225 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III United Emirates Air Force.
I recently completed my twelfth trip up to the Ptarmigan so far this year.
Conditions this winter have been the most challenging, but this also give chances for different shooting conditions. Shooting in falling snow is rare ( as you would normally be in the cloud base) so it was great to spend some time with this active territorial male in near perfect conditions.
In meteorology, a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body. These suspended particles are also known as aerosols and are studied in the cloud physics branch of meteorology.
Terrestrial cloud formation is the result of air in Earth's atmosphere becoming saturated due to either or both of two processes; cooling of the air and adding water vapor. With sufficient saturation, precipitation will fall to the surface; an exception is virga, which evaporates before reaching the surface.
Clouds in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adaptation of Luke Howard's nomenclature. It was introduced in December 1802 and became the basis of a modern international system that classifies these tropospheric aerosols into several physical forms or categories, then cross-classifies them into families of low, middle and high according to cloud-base altitude range above Earth's surface. Clouds with significant vertical extent are often considered a separate family. One physical form shows free-convective upward growth into low or vertical heaps of cumulus. Other forms appear as non-convective layered sheets like low stratus, and as limited-convective rolls or ripples as with stratocumulus. Both of these layered forms have middle- and high-family variants identified respectively by the prefixes alto- and cirro-. Thin fibrous wisps of cirrus are a physical form found only at high altitudes. In the case of clouds with vertical extent, prefixes are used whenever necessary to express variations or complexities in their physical structures. These include cumulo- for complex highly convective vertical nimbus storm clouds, and nimbo- for thick stratiform layers with sufficient vertical depth to produce moderate to heavy precipitation. This process of cross-classification produces ten basic genus-types or genera, most of which can be subdivided into species and varieties. Synoptic surface weather observations use code numbers to record and report any type of tropospheric cloud visible at scheduled observation times based on its height and physical appearance.
While a majority of clouds form in Earth's troposphere, there are occasions when they can be observed at much higher altitudes in the stratosphere and mesosphere. Clouds that form above the troposphere have common names for their main types, but are sub-classified alpha-numerically rather than with the elaborate system of Latin names given to cloud types in the troposphere. These three main atmospheric layers that can produce clouds, along with the lowest part of the cloudless thermosphere, are collectively known as the homosphere. Above this lies the heterosphere (which includes the rest of the thermosphere and the exosphere) that marks the transition to outer space. Clouds have been observed on other planets and moons within the Solar System, but, due to their different temperature characteristics, they are composed of other substances such as methane, ammonia, and sulfuric acid.
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With the cloud base starting to break 66723 Chinook rolls by Barrow-on-Trent heading 6O01 Scunthorpe to Eastleigh rail train.
A series of images from an assault on Glaramara in the English Lake District in July 2021 that was abandoned due to clag (low cloud).
The fell (hill) to the right is Glaramara. On a good day, if you go via Allen Crags, which was the plan, there are spectacular views down into Mickleden and Langdale, over to to the Scafell range and across to Great End and Great Gable. With the cloud base stubbornly hovering just above 600m, though, this was not a good day and the only thing we’d be seeing, all the way back along the ridge, would’ve been the inside of a cloud.
Now, being in the mountains in clag can be quite atmospheric so, rather than abandoning the walk, we decided to break off onto the path to Sprinkling Tarn, have lunch and return to Seathwaite via Styhead where we met a gang of intrepid-looking young men asking directions for Scafell Pike. The conversation went thus:
ME: Have you got a map?
THEM: Nope.
ME: Ah. Do you have a map app or some such?
THEM: Like Google Maps?
ME: Ah. Will you be coming back this way?
THEM: No, we’re going to Wasdale Head.
ME: Ah. See those guys over there? Follow them.
THEM: OK. Cheers!
ME: Aye. You’ll sleep tonight, lad.
Before they left, I had them take a photo of the relevant section of my map. The folk I sent them after were doing ‘The Corridor Route’, it’s very popular (even midweek, now) so the paths are good and obvious, there’s only one mildly dodgy bit, although the cloud was low, there was no rain forecast and it doesn’t get dark till well after nine; they’d be fine. They’re young, they’ll have an adventure they can celebrate later in the bar, they’ll not see anything other than the ground beneath their feet but they’ll’ve conquered Scafell Pike.
Dear god.
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.
When I say sky scraper I mean it in the true sense of the word. The 309 metre (1,014 ft) high Shard, the tallest building in London, really does look as if its tip is tearing a hole in the cloud base.
Despite being partially hidden from view it still towers above everything around it. I'm planning on going up it at some point to take advantage of the fantastic views it offers. As far as I'm aware it's a 'behind glass' experience and you cant actually shoot outside. Anyone know?
This shot was taken from Tower Bridge; it's a handy location to shoot the south bank of the River Thames even if the heavy traffic can make it vibrate somewhat. You just have to pick your moment especially if you're on the centre section.
Most of the buildings you can see, with the exception of the Shard and Guy's Hospital next to it, are part of prestigious More London Estates development. They include City Hall, (the bulbous shaped building far left) a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop (neon blue area), office blocks, shops, restaurants, cafes, and a pedestrianised area containing open-air sculptures and water features. To the right of the shot is the light cruiser HMS Belfast and London Bridge.
Best viewed large.
7 exposure, tripod mounted hdr +3 to -3. pp in adobe camera raw, photomatix, & photoshop with various topaz plugins. Nikon D700 with 24-70 f2.8, @ 31mm, f9, ISO 800, exposure 0.4 - 25 sec's.
50023 "Howe" (OC) - 3B09 (1550 SX London Paddington - Swansea via Bristol Temple Meads, which was formed of 6 RES parcel vans) - Iver (lnog before electrification & the closure of the footbridge) - 1616 - 21/05/87.
I was hoping to get out with the camera this afternoon , but it's only 7C & the cloud base is so low, that I couldn't even see A9C-HAK passing over the house a few minutes ago (1326) at only 2,500ft!!
June 1, 2011 Kearney Nebraska US
Rolling into city limits on the western side of the city. This storm had the perfect light reflecting off of it.
Nice Rain / Hail core just north of the city with the cloud base all the way to the south side of the city. Impressive light creating some cool storm imagery against this storm cell.
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The Fernsehturm (English: Berlin TV Tower) is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany.
This photo was taken on approach into Berlin in a special low fog situation, with a very low and thin cloud base leaving only "Alex" visible and the whole city covered with a cloud layer.
Close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte, the tower was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the administration of the German Democratic Republic. It was intended as a symbol of Berlin, which it remains today,[1] as it is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin. With its height of 368 meters, it is the tallest structure in Germany, and the second tallest structure in the European Union (by half a metre).
The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the country and is often in the establishing shot of films set in Berlin. Due to its location near Alexanderplatz, the tower is occasionally called "Alex" Tower. With almost 1.2 million visitors every year, the Berlin TV tower is one of the most popular attractions for tourists in Berlin. From 203 and 207 metres high you can look out over the entire city with its large number of tourist attractions.
The mighy A340 climbs nose high shortly after takeoff. Half of its long fuselage has vanished into the thick cloud base above, within an instant of this frame being recorded she will be gone, the low defeaning grumble of her 4 overworked motors the only thing left behind ....
The RAF Red Arrows display team performing with a low cloud base for HMS Prince of Wales in Portsmouth Harbour. Their last public performance before 2022. Using our house as a turning point. Yeah!
Light was fading fast.
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
c/n: 500-0115
W/O 08/03/05 - Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport(SVCS)Venezuela. As the airplane broke through the cloud base at 800 feet during the second attempt to land at runway 28, it was not properly lined up with the runway. To avoid a collision with the control tower, the Citation turned right. The aircraft then crashed and burned.
A series of images from an assault on Glaramara in the English Lake District in July 2021 that was abandoned due to clag (low cloud).
We sat down for a bit here and had lunch. It was very quiet and peaceful and, most of the time we were there, you couldn’t see the opposite bank. When the cloud base lifted a bit, I snapped an image.
There was some heavy cloud up here yesterday as the sun began to dip. It made for some unusual and strong colours as the sun moved through the small gap between the cloud base and the horizon.
This was my final frame of the day - a long exposure made after the sun had departed.
In a neat segue from that last series, we return to Thirlmere, in the English Lake District, for a walk up to Raven Crag, continuing on to the bog-fest that is Bleaberry Fell, High Seat and High Tove on an overcast day in spring 2023.
June 1, 2011 Kearney Nebraska US
Rolling into city limits on the western side of the city. This storm had the perfect light reflecting off of it.
Nice Rain / Hail core just north of the city with the cloud base all the way to the south side of the city. Impressive light creating some cool storm imagery against this storm cell.
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I was blessed to be able to witness this beautiful sunset atop Evergreen Mountain Lookout in Washington this past weekend. The low cloud base at about 5000 feet made for some unique golden light rays shining through the trees. I think this photo is a good example of why "golden hour" is called golden hour.
Click twice to enlarge. These images occurred over a 5 minute period. I think it unusual to see horizontal forked (branched) lightning. The bright star in middle and lower panel is Jupiter.
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LPPT. Under terrible meteorological conditions with torrential rain and low cloud base / Sob condições meteorológicas terrÃveis com chuva torrencial e nuvens baixas....
1225 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III United Emirates Air Force.
Taken 26 Aug 21 with Fujifilm X-T3. This storm was about 25 miles away over northern Colorado. The cloud to ground strikes illuminated rain shaft while possible anvil crawlers with multiple branches extended horizontally beneath the cloud base.
A longer version of this can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vqbJG5ooTI.
Picture of the Day
This photo possibly falls in to the category of not being that eye-catching, but I'm posting it anyway as the moment in time was definitely eye catching for me.
This morning was spent soaring over Morrone on a slightly foreboding looking day; the sky was fairly cloudy, and rain could be seen approaching from the depths of the Cairngorms. It all ended up flanking south, and when a little bit of sun broke through to warm up the heather-covered hills, we were soon up at cloud-base, and for a moment I found myself treading carefully in the white room, at the edge of a cloud that I'd climbed under and stayed a little too close to. Aiming for light, I broke through the side of the cloud, and in that moment I was presented with tunnel-like vision of sunny Braemar below me. A few seconds later I took this shot, which isn't nearly as dramtic but I still like the last fragments of cloud floating in front of me.
Late day winter sun strikes the Toiyabe Range over the Reese River Basin. Classic Nevada basin and range landscape near Austin, complete with lenticular wave clouds. Based on a topo of the area, I speculate the prominent peak is Bunker Hill, but need to research a bit more to be sure.
April 22, 2022 - Kearney Nebraska US
Lightning is always present
Glimmering within the Ominous Cloudset
Shimmering Wonderful Light
Under the Base of a Thunderstorm
It Illuminates the Night!
Once I hear that rumble of thunder with all my gear set up! I get a chance to watch the illumination of the cloud to cloud-base lightning. Under the base of a thunderstorm as it approaches. Don't always get to see a bolt, but that's not the point of this video. It is the light.
Haven't made a new videos since last December so I thought it was time.
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If I have inspired you to watch the video to the end and you like this type of imagery.... I would highly suggest a visit to my Album here on Flickr called Illuminate the Night. Over 3200 images there now & I'm adding more all the time!
Video Release: April 22, 2022
Images from 2017
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I feel as though I've broken free from a self induced mind trap this week. You see, as retirement gets closer, on my hour long drives to work in the early hours of the morning I had begun to ruminate about "where am I with my photography". My spirit still feels as though I am 30, but my aches and pains tell my mind that I am old, and that is where I was feeling like I've been left at the starting gate with photography. Added to that feeling was the realization that as my wife and I plan our retirements out financially life is still throwing curve balls at us with a couple of expensive home repairs (I suppose buying an older home those will come up). So the thought of having to upgrade my 10 year old computer now because the newest version of Photoshop wouldn't run on my system was weighing on me as well. BUT then lightening struck! I had not realized that even though Adobe is a cloud based monthly subscription and would not update on my ancient Mac that I could still use older versions that WOULD work.
After figuring this out I feel revitalized and I have also realized that even though I cannot hike as quickly as I once could with a bag of gear, I can now enjoy the details along the journey. :-)
I decided to upload this image (although not perfectly aligned) because of the unusual contrast between the towering cumulo-nimbus and its cloud base. It almost looks like the thunderstorm is beyond a mountain ridge as some moisture in the form of low clouds is spilling over it. It's all about lighting and timing in order to capture something interesting and different.
Sometimes patience is a huge asset, and can make or break an image. Now, to be fair, we don’t always have the time to wait for a scene to come together, nor is it often easy to return to a location to get better conditions. With this scene, however, I ended up doing both.
We camped near here on our hike north, and again on our path south. On our first path through the area, I had scouted this lovely little scene for a sunrise image, but unfortunately it didn’t pan out for me. I ended up with gloomy skies, and not a drop of tasty light. On the way back south, however, incredible light was common almost all day. When we arrived in the area, I went straight here to set up. While the exciting light was persistent throughout the day, the cloud base was just a hair too low. You couldn’t see the top of the peak. I ended up waiting quite a while for a moment of clarity, and thankfully that ended up being this image. Moments later and the peak was obscured again. Incredible day.
Late afternoon sunlight breaks through the clouds above Hope Valley to send catchlights down to the valley floor and on to Lose Hill which stands at the end of the Great Ridge, leading from Mam Tor.
I hung around to se if a hint of sunset colour would come through the low cloud base, but as would be expected, it was very subtle at best, which is fine by me as I am not a fan of strong sunrise/sunset skies as too often they unbalance an image.
We went to Cosford Air Show yesterday. I took HUNDREDS of photographs and was disappointed in all but a couple of them. I now have an even greater regard for aviation photographers!
The weather wasn't ideal; overcast with a low cloud-base and towards the end of the day, drizzly. I didn't have enough "reach" with the equipment I was using (OK, here come the excuses) and was uncertain as to the best settings to use. I think it was a matter of "all the gear and no idea".
All the images very very "flat". This was one of (what I consider); my better shots. It has required a considerable amount of aggressive post-processing to make it look anywhere near decent. This is an area of photography where I need considerably more practice!