Powerlines during a fiery summer sunset in Holland, Michigan.

This is an old photo, but I thought some of you may be interested to see it after yesterday's Rope in the Sky, so I'm re-posting it. These clouds were like a series of mini-tornados.

Sunlit cloud over a farmhouse on Iceland's western coast

Martin Down - Hampshire/Dorset/Wiltshire border.

CLOUDS WHERE BETTER THAN THE SUNSET

I took this southeast of Quincy, Illinois while I was out practicing my moon shots. Still haven't mastered that moon. Here the moon had slipped behind a band of clouds.

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Cloud formations over Fort Flagler State Park, Washington. (20090308_1597)

A vista d' insecte ...

Mall entrance to Target at Crossroads Center, St. Cloud, MN. Not too often that there's a large big box retail store as a mall anchor anymore in the US. This is still common in Canada though

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7 A.M. - it was moving slowly. All I could think of was 'this is how a symphony looks.'

What celestial music fits this moving formation in the sky?

Over our home.

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Finally after few days of poor weather some clouds showed up instead of this useless depressing milky-sky. So let's go out and shoot!

Ladies and gentleman this photo is dedicated to my wife. When she saw this she said: "Oh. Yyy... How? It was so awful there! And this?". Magic :)

Manipulations: HDR from single RAW file. Photomatix and PS Ninja-Moves included. Some work with bringing the sharpness and clouds up.

The Cloud

Percy Bysshe Shelley

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,

From the seas and the streams;

I bear light shade for the leaves when laid

In their noonday dreams.

From my wings are shaken the dews that waken

The sweet buds every one,

When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,

As she dances about the sun.

I wield the flail of the lashing hail,

And whiten the green plains under,

And then again I dissolve it in rain,

And laugh as I pass in thunder.

I sift the snow on the mountains below,

And their great pines groan aghast;

And all the night 'tis my pillow white,

While I sleep in the arms of the blast.

Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,

Lightning, my pilot, sits;

In a cavern under is fettered the thunder,

It struggles and howls at fits;

Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,

This pilot is guiding me,

Lured by the love of the genii that move

In the depths of the purple sea;

Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,

Over the lakes and the plains,

Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,

The Spirit he loves remains;

And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile,

Whilst he is dissolving in rains.

The sanguine Sunrise, with his meteor eyes,

And his burning plumes outspread,

Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,

When the morning star shines dead;

As on the jag of a mountain crag,

Which an earthquake rocks and swings,

An eagle alit one moment may sit

In the light of its golden wings.

And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath,

Its ardors of rest and of love,

And the crimson pall of eve may fall

From the depth of Heaven above,

With wings folded I rest, on mine aery nest,

As still as a brooding dove.

That orbed maiden with white fire laden,

Whom mortals call the Moon,

Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,

By the midnight breezes strewn;

And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,

Which only the angels hear,

May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof,

The stars peep behind her and peer;

And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,

Like a swarm of golden bees,

When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,

Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas,

Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high,

Are each paved with the moon and these.

I bind the Sun's throne with a burning zone,

And the Moon's with a girdle of pearl;

The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim

When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.

From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,

Over a torrent sea,

Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof,--

The mountains its columns be.

The triumphal arch through which I march

With hurricane, fire, and snow,

When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair,

Is the million-colored bow;

The sphere-fire above its soft colors wove,

While the moist Earth was laughing below.

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,

And the nursling of the Sky;

I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;

I change, but I cannot die.

For after the rain when with never a stain

The pavilion of Heaven is bare,

And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams

Build up the blue dome of air,

I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,

And out of the caverns of rain,

Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,

I arise and unbuild it again.

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Clouds covered mountains in Tibet

A nice cloud formation taken through the window of an Easyjet plane.

Uppsala slott med häftiga moln på en fin sept morgon.

Uppsala Castle with lots of action in the clouds. An HDR with some obvious areas to improve but thought I would publish this anyway.

no pp, (well maybe a bit of straightening!)

Early morning, Roanoke Island Marsh Game Land

this just happened... I looked out the window of my house, saw the clouds, hauled ass to the beach and snapped this moment. I wish I was there about 15 minutes earlier and had my wide angle lens on me!

Sorry for the back to back sunset postings... but when you live in a town like this, what can you expect?

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A short time-lapse of clouds in the Gorge.

Takengon city and lake Lut Tawar disappeared under the clouds. Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF 16-35 F4 IS | Singh Ray Daryl Benson Reverse Grad Filter 3 Stops

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I hope your Tuesday has had bright skies, my Flickr friends! Thanks for stopping by and sharing!

in this image, and, yes, Gillian and hcorper, the bright blue sky. In the early morning image I do like the soft lavenders and pinks, and the sense of serenity. Not an easy decision! I hope no one's too confused by what I've done!

East of Fort Collins, CO.

Much better viewed Large on Black

One of Iizuka's secret, hidden treasures is Kubushiro Dam. It is only 5 or 6 km from the downtown buy possible the quietest most relaxing places in Kyushu.

Surrounded by trees not a sound from the city or roads is able to penetrate into the reservoir area. Not only that, hardly anybody goes there so it is very clean and peaceful; a great place to take a book and relax. One of my favorite places

In a field last week, with birds wheeling all around - the mowing tractor had disturbed them...

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We were driving the back roads in central New Mexico when a storm began to build. I t was great watching these clouds build into a large thunderstorm.