Last Sunday these clouds were hanging out over the house.
I like the way the strands of cloud seem like they have been smudged by some giant who tried to use an eraser on them. The smudges are virga falling from the tightly-space waves.
I saw this from the Walmart parking lot.
I couldn’t get what first caught my eye because even my iPhone’s wide angle lens was not wide enough. What I wanted to show was a sky-wide field of clouds that looked like those at the top and bottom of the shot, separated by the thin, wispy clouds in the middle. But this shot was dramatic enough on its own. The blue sky looks like it has been photoshopped, but this shot is exactly as it came from the phone.
Beautiful sky shots there. I see hints of iridescence. Lovely. Have you checked out Atmospheric Optics lately? The two most recent posts have been STUNNING. More arcs and halos than I’ve ever seen. Didn’t even know such things were possible. I hope you take a look.
Robin — Thanks. The Atmospheric Optics shots are really great. I noticed that at least two of the really magnificent shots are from the far north, where I think they are more likely to get cloud conditions conducive to that kind of display. The one I saw in Huntsville a couple years ago was exceptional (I called it a once-in-a-lifetime event). I think (not sure) that they are rarer down here.
Yes, I believe they are rarer in the south, and truly a once in a lifetime event. When I saw that the photos were taken in the far northern latitudes, I thought, as much as I would love to see this, I’m never heading that far north!