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Passing lenticular clouds illuminated by the rising sun
In explore 23 May, 2021
Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland
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Good example of: Stratocumulus stratiformis opacus undulatus radiatus. The higher clouds are altostratus.
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A golden Texas sunrise stretches across open farmland in Colorado County, just outside the small community of Nada. The rural road, flanked by rice fields and tall grasses, glows under the warmth of morning light—an image of stillness and quiet renewal in the heart of the prairie.
Just back from 6 days in Darwin with family for Christmas. The clouds at this time of year (the wet season) are always spectacular. I will post a series of cloud photos taken on December 27th. This was taken from our apartment overlooking Darwin city.
I have a new (secondhand) camera thanks to Loraine Blythe and these are the first photos I've processed with the new Luminar AI which was fun to use. Quite different from the previous versions.
I process my photos with Lightroom as well as Skylum's Luminar and find it easy to use with great results. Here is a link if anyone is interested in trying it out and with a $US10 discount: skylum.grsm.io/janetteasche8660
Photographed with my phone in the sky above my workplace as I got in the car to go to lunch on 08-07-19.
I love cloudscapes, and during the summer in Southern California the sky is usually just a bright blue. So really neat to see this, however I ached to just take off from work and go take pictures!
This cloud type in mid-morning suggest the atmosphere is primed for thunderstorms late in the day.
Update: It verified as noted by my later uploads.
I found myself on a road I'd never been on before when I was chasing storms a couple nights ago and came across this great little building and lone tree in the middle of a field between Olds and Sundre, Alberta.
One from the d200 Vault, went up to the Point of Ayre tonight and unfortunately, I am still waiting for the heather to bloom . So here is an old one from the mighty d200, which I have never processed. HDR +3, 0, -3. shot in jpg , and with a polariser on !
Hope you like colour !
Going against all the rules of thirds again ! The image is split in the middle and the lighthouse is virtually in the middle to ! I still think with my Symmetrical head from my Painting and decorating day job !
Photo by: A. Shamandour
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Mount Rainier is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m). Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, and it is on the Decade Volcano list. Because of its large amount of glacial ice, Mt. Rainier could potentially produce massive lahars that could threaten the entire Puyallup River valley.
Mount Rainier was first known by the Native Americans as Talol, or Tacoma or Tahoma, from the Lushootseed word [təqʷúʔbəʔ] ("mother of waters") spoken by the Puyallup. Another interpretation is that "Tacoma" means "larger than Mount Baker". This comes from the Skagit "Ta", larger, plus "Koma (Kulshan)", Mount Baker. Other names originally used include Tahoma, Tacobeh, and Pooskaus. The current name was given by George Vancouver, who named it in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier. The map of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 refers to it as "Mt. Regniere".
Although "Rainier" had been considered the official name of the mountain, Theodore Winthrop, in his posthumously published 1862 travel book The Canoe and the Saddle, referred to the mountain as "Tacoma" and for a time, both names were used interchangeably, although "Mt. Tacoma" was preferred in the city of Tacoma.
In 1890, the United States Board on Geographic Names declared that the mountain would be known as "Rainier". Following this in 1897, the Pacific Forest Reserve became the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, and the national park was established three years later. Despite this, there was still a movement to change the mountain's name to "Tacoma" and Congress was still considering a resolution to change the name as late as 1924.
In the excitement leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII, John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, named 53 mountains after the 53 members of the Denver Broncos. In response, the Washington State Senate passed a resolution on Friday, January 31, 2014, temporarily renaming the mountain Mount Seattle Seahawks. The resolution expired on midnight Monday, February 3, 2014.