I noticed these amazing clouds as they floated by a field of recently cut grain and knew I had to stop.

On the right you will find the Magellan Clouds. The Small Magellan Cloud on the top and the Large Magellan Cloud below.

These "clouds" are actually small irregular galaxies orbiting around the Milky Way each cloud contains millions and millions of stars.

They can be seen with the naked eye from a dark location from the South Hemisphere.

If you look carefully you will see the great globular Cluster 47 Tucanae just next to the small Magellan Cloud and you will see a bright spot on the lower right of the Big Magellan Cloud, that's the Tarantula nebula a star nursery.

The little domes of light at the horizon are produced by light pollution from distant towns.

Taken at the hills of Azul, Argentina.

In my way to Tallinn i saw this beautiful sky.

Indian Ocean

Cloud Gate. Chicago 2014

I do like taking pictures of great cloud 'structures'. These clouds filled up the whole sky like this, one of the reasons to leave some land in the shot was to give it a little idea of scale.

the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. 4 minute exposure

Dramatic cloud formations hang over the Hope Valley cement works. The setting sun backlights and is diffused into beams of light and creates a subtle pink colour to the sky in the distance.

7/19/2013

I had to post one more sunset as they are so stunning that this is SOTC. Working on lots of street stuff with my P&S , stay tuned

2nd crop

2015

best viewed LARGE.

'dark clouds' On Black

Mystic colors, clouds and typical light of twilight sky.

The dark clouds originate from Mount Hood in the distance.

NPS / Tim Rains

View On Black

Wikipedia: Mammatus (also known as mammatocumulus, meaning "bumpy clouds") is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name "mammatus" is derived from the Latin mamma (breast), due to the resemblance between the shape of these clouds and human female breasts.

We had a bad storm come through this evening, high winds & little rain. This is only the 2nd time in my life I've seen & photographed "mammatus clouds. The first time was 10+ years ago in Florida.

Original image taken into Photoshop CS, used the plug-in Virtual Photographer & the "landscape" vpf filter.

Another shot from Rachel. You will notice how much the clouds are the same wherever you go--northern or southern hemispheres. Of course these are summer clouds in the dead of winter, and if you don't understand how that can be email privately.

Software: Photoshop CS5, Photomatix, Nik Viveza, Topaz Adjust, Topaz Detail, Topaz DeNoise 5, Topaz ReMask

Sun behind clouds

The clouds are the main door to the sky.

This old lightning-damaged tree seeems to be throwing up its arms in a final act of submission to the elements.

Saw a fantastic looking cloud overlooking a Taco Bell/KFC. I love how detailed it looks...almost like a giant cauliflower.