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It's November 5 and we just had a tornado on the ground in North Fort Worth. What's with the weather?
“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.
Here's one I took coming back from the Royal Arch - I just sat and watched as this unfolded above the Flatirons after my hike. If you look hard you can see a very small cresent moon due to the extreme wide angle lens I was using.
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We were decending through the cloud layer, the setting sun fell behind the clouds but the reflection was still strong on the ocean so I snapped this shot.
It's actually sharp enough to make out details of Downtown Del Mar, California. (may need to view large)
Explored September 24 2011! Thx guys!! :)
Highest position: 30 on Sunday, September 25, 2011
Picture is selected for a special exhibition at EU House in Nicosia on 16 March 2012, to be attended by the European Commissioner on Climate Action - Connie Hedegaard. Currently displayed at the gallery at the end of Ledra/Lokmaci Street, Nicosia.
ok, not architecture. more clouds. some buildings in there, too, so i guess it's tangentially architectural.
mainly it's just a picture of some gigantic clouds bearing down on relatively tiny l.a.
more buildings to follow.
Powerful winds at sunset, observed from Col d'Ambin, an alpine pass in the Cottian Alps located on the Italian-French border at 2,921 meters above sea level.
A photo tries to convey the atmosphere experienced in such moments of primeval essence…
Fortunately, I’ve also taken some videos in this splendid location, which can be viewed at the following links:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWtAc9YPRaI&t=12s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIKU-FNIUw&t=8s
YouTube channel “Organo Santuario della Consolata”
YouTube channel “ALPS pictures & tales”
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