... in the lake on Bluebird Estates.

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Amazing clouds just before sunset, seen from the Olympiaberg.

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Finally found a rare place, with almost no wind turbines in view

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Fields of Lebrija (Sevilla - Andalucía)

Sony A900 + Carl Zeiss16-35mm + Cokin filters : 2 X121S

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Industrilandskapet, Strömmen, Norrköping, Sweden

Memories of paradise........Maldivian pleasures

Skies and clouds are primary objectives of mine when out image hunting. Not a big fan of all blue skies. As I hunt mountains I'm often fortunate to find all kinds of clouds as mountains "catch" them and form them.

Here is one of my 2 favorite types of clouds catching the last rays of the day over the MT side of Beartooth Pass. Mammatous clouds are my other favorite. This cloud is a "stacked" lenticular.

"Lenticular clouds get their name from the fact that they're shaped like a lens or a saucer. This is why they're also sometimes called “flying saucer clouds" and sometimes mistaken for UFOs. Some other nicknames for lenticular clouds include “cloudships," “clouds of heaven" and “lennies." They also have a fancy scientific name: Altocumulus lenticularis."

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Have a wonderful Friday and weekend!

cloudscape

Yesterday was such a great day for clouds. From Los Angeles to the Nevada stateline all up I-15. I took over 90 pictures, landscapes with cool clouds, stopped maybe about 5 or 6 times, I didn't keep count. Ended up with 8 or 9 pictures I really liked, many of the others were very similar, so tried to pick the best from each stop. This cloud shot was taken at the last rest area on top of the mountain just before the long hill down to the Nevada stateline. I wasn't actually above the clouds, but they were about even with the altitude I was at.

Out front of the Lonsdale Quay Market on the South side of the building is a beautiful tile mosaic fountain with abstract art inside of it, and just adjacent to that is the Love Locks area of the waterfront boardwalk where people leave various types of locks attached to the wire mesh to honour their loved ones. This waterfront area is also home to year round events and outdoor music. [...].

North Vancouver

At Sth China Sea Resort, Malaysia... had just woken up very early and saw the emergent awesome sunrise from the villa balcony ... quickly grabbed the camera and headed out to the beach foreshore to photograph its beginning ....

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Bråviken, Östergötland, Sweden

Hålviken, Vikbolandet, Östergötland, Sweden

in the last Light of the Day

Seen in Explore. Highest position: 13

View across the Brecon Beacons

A day of showers and sunny periods gave some nice cloud pictures. Can you spot the face in clouds?

Hverir geotermal area near lake Myvatn in northern Iceland.

Lenticular clouds @ Mischabel group, Zermatt

From the "how low can you go" series shot with the Nexus 5X smartphone

Dinas Dinlle, The Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales

Taken during Storm Eunice

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Around the house photography.

"La primera vez que vio la isla, Marini estaba cortésmente inclinado sobre los asientos de la izquierda, ajustando la mesa de plástico antes de instalar la bandeja del almuerzo. La pasajera lo había mirado varias veces mientras él iba y venía con revistas o vasos de whisky; Marini se demoraba ajustando la mesa, preguntándose aburridamente si valdría la pena responder a la mirada insistente de la pasajera, una americana de las muchas, cuando en el óvalo azul de la ventanilla entró el litoral de la isla, la franja dorada de la playa, las colinas que subían hacia la meseta desolada. Corrigiendo la posición defectuosa del vaso de cerveza, Marini sonrió a la pasajera. «Las islas griegas», dijo. «Oh, yes, Greece», repuso la americana con un falso interés. Sonaba brevemente un timbre y el steward se enderezó sin que la sonrisa profesional se borrara de su boca de labios finos. Empezó a ocuparse de un matrimonio sirio que quería jugo de tomate, pero en la cola del avión se concedió unos segundos para mirar otra vez hacia abajo; la isla era pequeña y solitaria, y el Egeo la rodeaba con un intenso azul que exaltaba la orla de un blanco deslumbrante y como petrificado, que allá abajo sería espuma rompiendo en los arrecifes y las caletas. Marini vio que las playas desiertas corrían hacia el norte y el oeste, lo demás era la montaña entrando a pique en el mar. Una isla rocosa y desierta, aunque la mancha plomiza cerca de la playa del norte podía ser una casa, quizá un grupo de casas primitivas. Empezó a abrir la lata de jugo, y al enderezarse la isla se borró de la ventanilla; no quedó más que el mar, un verde horizonte interminable. Miró su reloj pulsera sin saber por qué; era exactamente mediodía".

Fragmento de La isla a mediodía, de Julio Cortázar.

Mirando desde la ventanilla del avión cuando te acercas a una isla es imposible no acordarse de este maravilloso cuento.

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Some impressive clouds seen at Good Harbor beach in Gloucester. It was low tide when I visited, and the reflections in the wet sand were quite fascinating.

Note "Salt Island" on the right, which can be accessed by walking across at really low tides. Also, in the far distance you can make out the dual lighthouses of Thacher Island.

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By the sea in Savona, Italy.

Taken in Panama City Beach, FL. The moon and the clouds made for an interesting night!!

Cabrillo Beach

San Pedro, CA

03-05-2017

Newly processed 08-28-19. I have presented other photos taken at the same time with Lifeguard boats on the beach backed by this glorious cloudscape.

The Cabrillo Beach Lifeguards were hosting a rowing contest that afternoon and were pulling their boats down to the water's edge.

It was also threatening to rain, but didn't, and I got some of my favorite cloudscapes along the Palos Verdes Peninsula that day.

from the fishing pier on Northwest Creek, Fairfield Harbour, North Carolina

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Clouds add to a western landscape.

Cefn Sidan

In art, a cloudscape is the depiction of a view of clouds or the sky. Usually the clouds are depicted as viewed from the earth, often including just enough of a landscape to suggest scale, orientation, weather conditions, and distance.