View allAll Photos Tagged cloudscape
Wispy clouds this morning. Expecting a wild thunderstorm afternoon and evening. Maybe the development of a Meso-Cyclone System (MCS). :-)
I am consistently amazed each visit to Nebraska by the cloudscapes! They sure pay for it with some epic thunderstorms and brutal humidity when it's hot, but oh my what skies. It's a desktop wallpaper factory in this state. ;-)))
All at Bonnie Springs in Las Vegas Nevada, 6-9am. Some of them look more engineered than natural, just saying. ;)
Cirrocumulus species lenticularis, which appears in patches shaped like lenses or almonds. They are often very elongated and usually have well-defined outlines. The patches are mostly smooth and are very white throughout. This image overall shows distinct undulations, making it the variety undulatus. It also shows some small transverse ripples seen at times in Cirrocumulus cloud.
One of the great things about the sea is that at the right moment it could be anywhere. This was taken in the Gulf of Mexico just off Galveston, but it could be Tahiti, the Sea of Japan or the Greek Islands.
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp drizzly November in my soul....I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."
- Melville, Moby Dick
Large: farm1.static.flickr.com/87/236041096_afa9d7d204_o.jpg
Taken during westerly wind 40 with G55 mph. Only a strong jet max could produce these rippled altocumulus.
These could also be: Cirrocumulus lenticularis undulatus.
On the hike up Granite Mountain. Mount Rainier in the background.
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington.
Landscapes made of clouds, seen in the infrared part of the spectrum during flights more than eight kilometers above the ground.
NEX-5, IR modified (> 700 nm)
7/18/16: Our plane was an hour late getting off the ground; by the time we were aloft, the sun was setting over Manhattan, providing some gorgeous shots.