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One of the storm fronts that has KO'ed us this month. We've had four since and the fifth is smashing us right now. We're expecting more flooding, tornadoes and very high straight line winds so this post will be it for a while. Hope the weather is better where you are.
While sitting under the mile high sunlight and heat at the concert, a sudden coolness caused us to look up.....a perfectly beautiful cloud gave us a few moments of respite.
The dark cloud between the North America and the Pelican Nebulae.
Gear: TS 8" ONTC Newton, ASI 1600mm cool Pro & Baader narrowband filters.
Toyo monorail, Schneider 210/370 @370mm+yellow filter, fomapan 100 . Taken circa 2015 it's a long time since I carried my monorail camera into the field.
A ferry travels between Madalena on Pico Island and Horta on Faial Island. I loved the large, boat-shaped cloud above it, moving in the same direction.
The sky tonight from the hills near my home ... looking west to the setting sun, an almost full moon in the east ... then later as the sky darkened, Venus and Sirius shone brightly amongst the constellations .... and here we are on Earth silently dreaming ... a part of it all ....
silhouetted against the sky
Below the clouds of white that fly
Stand the trees, all together
Spreading out, in every kind of weather
Washed by the rain, kissed by the sun
Silhouetted against the sky, below clouds that run
Evening clouds over Pasir Gudang in Johor, Malaysia. Pic taken from Northshore Cove.
*Note: More pics of Sky and Scenery in my Sky and Scenery Album.
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“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” (Tagore).
Iridescent clouds are a beautiful phenomenon-but they're rarely seen and even less frequently photographed.
Iridescent clouds, known as "fire rainbows" or "rainbow clouds," occur when sunlight diffracts off water droplets in the atmosphere. And the recipe for these heavenly sights is actually pretty simple.
What happens is that the cumulus cloud, boiling upwards, pushes the air layers above it higher and higher. As the air gets pushed upwards, it expands and cools. And sometimes moisture in that air suddenly condenses into tiny droplets to form a cap cloud.
This "cap"—which scientists call a "pileus"—is the source of the brilliant spectacle.
The droplets in the cap cloud scatter sunlight to form the gorgeous colors.
I felt very lucky to have seen this. It's a very rare sight. California.
Why travel to the mountains? When the mountains come to you.
Wozu noch in die Berge reisen? Wenn die Berge zu einem kommen.