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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.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
Just before sunset in Merthyr
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Big poufy cloud ~ what more do you need to know? ;o) ... At first - it kind of made me wonder if there weren't some governmental testing grounds *over there* or something, but ~ I haven't grown a hump on my back or anything ... yet ... but stay tuned - there's still time ...
Update:
Okay - so I consulted a weather expert friend and he was kind enough to explain this cloud formation to me ~ this big poufy cloud I thought was so cute and harmless isn't exactly so cute and harmless ...
"The name they give it is called "Cumulonimbus incus"
A cumulonimbus incus (Latin incus, "anvil") is a cumulonimbus cloud which has reached the level of stratospheric stability and has formed the characteristic flat, anvil-top shape. It can cause a supercell and then a tornado.
A cumulonimbus incus is a sub-form of cumulonimbus capillatus."
I see these quite frequently in my area of North Texas and thought they were just big poufy clouds ~ from now on, I will have to be more aware of them (and definitely have my camera at the ready!) ...
Thanks to Nebraskasc for the cloud ID!
For years we told our kids that clouds were made here ..... well it's not that far off the truth! :-)
As winter draws closer the sunset comes earlier and it is already a close call to get home from work, eat something and head out in time to catch the sunset. But as I watched the sky late afternoon the signs where there for a good sunset so after work I rushed off to get out in time.
And for once the clouds over Denmark worked for me instead of against me as they seem to do 9 out of 10 times.
This time shooting from a place called "Strandhem" roughly transtlates to Beach home.
The Öresund bridge making yet another apperance since it more or less dominates the view on the sea side anywhere close to where I live.
Filters used:
- Lee Filter Soft Grad ND 0.9
- Lee Filter Big Stopper (ND10)
Processing:
- Capture One
- Photoshop CS6
- Topaz inFocus
The rising sun spreads it's warm rays of light across the sky and on the land.
This image was taken from the summit of Sitting Bear Mountain in the Linville Gorge on a trip with my good friends Keith Clontz and Dale King.
El viento, en ocasiones, hace que las nubes adquieran formas interesantes. Al fondo, a 20 kmts, 400 metros, El Puig de Randa.
The wind sometimes causes clouds acquire interesting shapes. In the background, 20 kmts, 400 meters far away, El Puig de Randa.
Clouds Gather as 68 013 prooels a Marylebone bound service into the station whilst 165 035 rests in the bay platform.
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A change in weather is heralded by strong high altitude winds, viz. the creamy cirrocumulus undulatus clouds.
The sun is behind a clouds towards the lower right edge. In the original version of the image, the CA around that tree was rather massive. Bit of a disappointment, really.
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i was going for a hike and i saw this gigantic phalanx of thunderclouds heading towards me and i broke out my camera and took a couple of pictures and now i'm posting them because i think they make the clouds look vaguely like an invading army and a run-on sentence thank you. Read more: on.moby.com/QLS8Oz