Clouds and Skies

I have always been fascinated by clouds and have recently joined the Cloud Appreciation Society (Member 21235) who "seek to persuade all who will listen of the wonder and beauty of clouds" (see links page).   So here are some sky-related photos. The slides change every 8 seconds. All images copyright

                   
Rppingale Sunset: March 2011 Clouds over the Isle of Skye: June 2009 Changing skies, Rippingale: August 2010 Mountainous skies, Rippingale: July 2010Rippingale sunset: November 2006 Rippingale sunset: April 2006 Rippingale sunset: September 2009 Altocumulus with Virga at sunrise: August 2010. Virga make them look a bit like jellyfish and are formed by trails of snow, rain or ice droplets falling from them. This precipitation never reaches the ground. Shapes and layers in stormy weather: Rippingale, August 2010 Stormy Weather: Rippingale, August 2010 Rippingale sunset September 2010. Are there Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds in this shot? Parhelia: This slide and the next show Parhelia (aka sundogs or mock suns) which can occur on one or both sides of the sun. This is the sundog at the South side of the setting sun ... Parhelia: ... and this is the corresponding sundog on the North side of the same sun. Parhelia are formed when sunlight is refracted through hexagonal ice crystals falling almost horizontally. Rippingale, Septembet 2010 Parhelia at Sunset, Norfolk Broads: September 2010 Strange shadow effect: 2 shadows appear to be cast on Altocumulus from the Cumulonimbus below, following a storm just before sunset - Rippingale, August 2010 Raindrops after a storm: July 2006. The orientation of the trees and the sky outside has been reversed by refraction. The Moon: July 2010