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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Interesting Cloud Formations


We came home to a fascinating southwest sky yesterday afternoon. Neither of us had ever seen anything like it. Have you? One of those times when a real wide-angle lens would be more satisfying than the digital camera's fixed lens.







8 comments:

  1. Wow! These are amazing clouds! Living in the woods, I miss things like this unless I'm out of the neighborhood. And yes, a wide angle lens would have made a difference in catching the whole scene. Still, these are really great shots. Karen

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    1. Ken Scott insists they are contrails, but that radiating effect makes me wonder.

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  2. I hadn't thought of them being contrails. Seems if they were, you'd have heard a big jet, like the Blue Angels, overhead.

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  3. Just visited Ken's site, as I always do in the morning, and see that these clouds are the subject of his back page photo.

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  4. I've never seen clouds like that. It may be that they are-
    "Cirrus radiatus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus radiatus is derived from Latin, meaning "rayed, striped". This variety of cirrus clouds occurs in parallel bands that often cover the entire sky and appear to converge at a single point or two opposite points on the horizon. Cirrus radiatus is often partly made up of cirrocumulus or cirrostratus" . Similar photos can be seen at google images
    But, yours are unique enough that they may be termed
    'cirrus fibratus radiatus var. northportus'. (I think, not being a climatologist)

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    1. Really? I'll have to send that information on to Kenn Scott. Thanks, BB!

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  5. My link seems to go nowhere. The various photos can be found by googling 'cirrus fibratus radiatus' and clicking on images. (not much of a computer guy either!)

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  6. That's just crazy wonderful.

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