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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.
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!!
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.
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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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 ....
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
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.
Double click image to enlarge.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
This image shows a section of the Taurus Molecular Cloud based on a combination of data from ESA’s Herschel and Planck space telescopes. The bright areas in the picture shows the emission by interstellar dust grains in three different wavelengths observed by Herschel (250, 350, and 500 microns) and the lines crossing the image in a ‘drapery pattern’ represent the magnetic field orientation (based on the Planck data.)
This molecular cloud is one of the closest regions of star formation, at around 450 light years from us, and is known to contain more than 250 young stellar objects. The section in this image shows the archetypical example of a filament in a star-forming cloud. The main filament that stretches from the left of the image and curves up to the hub is known as the Lynds Dark Nebula 1495 (L1495).
L1495 contains several Barnard Dark Nebulae, which are dust-filled regions cataloged by astronomer Edward Bernard in 1919 and known as Barnard Objects. Dark nebulae are extremely dense regions of dust that obscure visible light. The central bright region is known as B10, with B211 and B213 stretching out from the bright area.
The B213/L1495 nebula is a clear example of a star-forming region where the magnetic field lines are perpendicular to the main filament, and also contains striations, or material that appears perpendicular to the filament.
Credits: ESA/Herschel/Planck; J. D. Soler, MPIA
My first photograph in almost a month was just a short visit to Helsby station as although it was forecast a sunny morning the early morning cloud refused to break up fully.
Thankfully though as Saphos trains S&C Fellsman approached Helsby station it was bright.
With a decent amount of grey clag which was determined to mingle with the rather grey cloud base 34046 “Braunton” came through dead on time.
Out of view at the rear of the train was class 47 D1944.
Taken on 15th June 2022.
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Decided to trial my new 300mm f2.8 prime lens this afternoon at LHR. Some of the most challenging conditions I have ever photographed faced us when we arrived. It was grey, wet, miserable and with a 800ft cloud base.
This giant belonging to Qantas arrives from Melbourne on QF9, with some nice fluff off the wings.
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.
Sunset at Trifels Castle - View from Slevogtfelsen
In the evening, the clouds opened up for a spectacular sunset. Just before the sun set in the west, the last rays of the sun illuminated the lower cloud base and set it on fire. The aperture was set to 22 in order to create a significant aperture star.
The sky is completely covered by a grey layer of cloud with some lighter parts, which is common with Stratocumulus stratiformis. The layer is thick enough that the Sun would not be visible, hence it is of the variety opacus. The cloud base exhibits undulations, indicating an additional variety: undulatus.
There are moments in chasing that I truly can't believe that I captured. This was one of those moments. I remember growing up, seeing images as dramatic as these but never could I imagine I'd have a staple like that one day.
I captured this dramatic image of the debris raining down on me from the Lincoln, Nebraska tornado as it approached i80. My position to the storm and the sunlight illuminated the tall tornado a ghostly white, while it chucked chunks of red earth into the cloud base from the shear violence of the winds. This same moment was captured via my GoPro mounted to the roof of my car. I was going to upload a full length video with this included. But, this moment I really feel warrants its own spotlight. Enjoy!
Benn Aighe, Torridon, Scotland.
Taken using my Sony A7r II
The weather had been disappointing for most of the afternoon but eventually the sun dropped from under the cloud base and the low light briefly illuminated the mountain side.
I took a trip to the Glen Coe end of Rannoch Moor the other day, it's been a while since I did that.
The cloud was pretty heavy, but there was a breeze to keep the midgies down so I didn't mind hanging about once I found my spot. (With no wind I'd probably have been drained of all my blood)
Eventually the clouds took on some colour, and I noticed that with the wind direction coming from behind the Buchaille, there was a huge gap in the cloud-base caused by the bulk and shape of the mountain.
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Simply incredible looking DOWN on the area of rotation. Lots of turbulence underneath, but unsure if there was any actual tornadic circulation. Look closely, that cloud base is perhaps 50-70 feet off the ground.
Sunrise ... At 6.10am it snuck under the cloud base and glowed. Looking towards the tip of Shelly beach from Manly beach.
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Been playing with Lightroom on the phone. The app can utilize the phone's camera.
It doesn't record the image into the phone's Photos app. It records into the Lr app. When there is a decent internet connection, the phone's Lr app uploads the photo to the Lr cloud.
I began editing in the phone's Lr app. The phone's screen is a bit small for editing, so then when home, I continued editing in the cloud based desktop Lr app.
From there, edit in Photoshop was chosen.
In Ps, it was saved as a tiff file, but saved to the Lightroom Classic app. It went back and forth from LrC to Ps a couple times as I kept seeing things I'd missed.
Finally it was exported to here from LrC, which is why that version of Lightroom shows in the exif here.
I'm enjoying shooting with the phone's Lr app and then playing around with the photos in both the cloud based Lr and then the classic Lr and Ps.
We had some stunning optical effects visible on our way back from Limoges to Stanstead on 25th September 2017. This was the first time I'd ever seen optics reflected on the cloud base below; that was quite a special experience!
The day started with low cloud in the Langdale Valley. We checked the mountain weather service which said the cloud base was at 350m and the upper level at 750m. We headed up The Band and crossed onto climbers traverse below Bowfell. As we headed up The Great Slab the cloud started to drop over Bowfell Buttress giving the most rewarding views. (Previous image of my partner on Climbers Traverse). The Summit of Bowfell exceeded our expectations and gave us this view of the Scafell Massif. An excellent afternoon on the fells.
This tornado took a few different forms in it's lifetime. This was the epic dust monster phase just before it roped out and vanished!
A tornado beneath the ominous dark cloud base of a low precipitation (LP) supercell churns up a massive dust cloud as it crosses rural farmland in the plains of eastern New Mexico. This particular tornado, rated an EF-1, occurred near the small town of Floyd in May 2025. The tornado traveled over 5 miles in 17 minutes, leaving behind a trail of mangled utility poles. Fortunately no significant structures were in its path, limiting the amount of damage that resulted. Every summer severe thunderstorms like this one spawn hundreds of tornadoes across the Great Plains.
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Another oldie from October 2012 and the obvious shot of the fence on Mam Tor but when the light is good……..! Sometimes there’s a reason an obvious shot is obvious! 😉
According to the English Heritage website: "Not many parish churches stand in ruins, and fewer still occupy sites associated with prehistoric rituals. Four thousand years separate the main late Neolithic earthwork at Knowlton and the Norman church that stands at its centre. The earthwork itself is just one part of a landscape which is one of the great Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial complexes in southern England.
The main earthwork at Knowlton is of a type known as a henge. There are nearly one hundred henges in Britain and Ireland, dating from about 3000 to 2000 BC. Although they are generally believed to have been ceremonial sites, it is likely that they fulfilled many functions, and may have changed their role through time.
Church Henge, as it is now known, has been protected from plough damage; the earthworks in the surrounding landscape have been less fortunate, but are still clearly visible in aerial photographs."
Taken on a day when the cloud base was only just above the church. Had hoped it would have been lower for a misty appearance.
Such a shame that a person or persons had climbed the ruins to the top of the tower to tie ribbons to some vegetation. Why do people carve graffiti on old monuments? The latest I saw was dated 2022!
The Plancius slowly sails by as we head south, still just above 80 degrees north and another weather change on the way! The sun could be seen below the cloud base in the distance and an etherial mist started to appear, we did not know it but the best landscapes were still to come!
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Spider plant that is.
Taken with the camera that is part of the Lightroom mobile app on the iphone. The app shoots a DNG raw file and can be edited in Lr mobile or the Lr cloud based desktop app.
During my week in the Jura, I was incredibly lucky to have just one day where the cloud base came down to meet us! This made the day grey and damp, but otherwise ok! Not a day for insect hunting, so I decided to explore the 'Cascades du Hérisson', a series of 7 waterfalls following the Hérisson (Hedgehog!) river down the gorge.
This is the first, at the top where I started. (It's 7.5 km return with an ascent / descent of 255 m). The downside to the dampness was that the rocks were VERY slippery in places making it a bit hairy at times! Lol! But it was worth it! There'll be many more pics from this walk to come! ;-)
Video frame grab from my tripoded camcorder, I was running to the car to retrieve my GoPro when this took place. This stage lasted no more than 15 seconds after the funnel became fully condensed, as the cloud base rapidly lowered/expanded while the tornado vortex re-organized into a violent (EF4) wedge.
Note the "ghost train" inflow jet off to the left (indicated by the rising dust above the trees) as well as the murky dust cloud behind it which conceals the weakening, but still ongoing EF3 tornado which had formed just northeast of Ottumwa and passed near Farson, Hedrick and Martinsburg.
I submitted this frame grab (with slightly different horizon leveling/contrast adjustment) to the Quad Cities National Weather Service office, it appears on their event write-up for this outbreak
www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_03312023
as well as on the Wikipedia page for the event:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_31_%E2%80...