Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Power in Clouds

I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.
       From William Wordsworth's I wandered Lonely as a Cloud

This bank of clouds built up in mid afternoon

More of the same cumulus clouds.

More of this huge bank of clouds

     We can think of clouds in a romantic aspect  or we can think of clouds in a scientific way. 

      Clouds are beautiful but at the same time it takes  tremendous energy to build a cloud and that energy is contained in the cloud.

     These clouds built up the other day and stayed south of me. I could enjoy the beauty but had sunshine all the time and I didn't get wet.

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  1. that really is a thick and powerful bunch!

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    1. Yes, we get some pretty good clouds but only get a good view once in a while.

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  2. Pretty sky. And it's always a bonus when you stay dry.

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    1. Not often we see them with the sun shining on them.

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  3. I really like clouds and the fat puffy one do hold my attention. Your shots are great. MB

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  4. Ah. The beauty of the clouds without the pain. A nice way to go. They look like they were really cooking somewhere.

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  5. So pretty with that blue sky. I could watch clouds build all day.

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    1. Yes, I envy the big sky you have to watch clouds. Here, there's always some house in the way.

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  6. those clouds have really caught my eye lately

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    1. The prairie gets some great cloud build ups in the summer.

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  7. Wonderful photos, fantastic sky :) Regards

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    1. Thanks. I love to sit and watch things change as the clouds drift along.

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  8. They are so pretty and frothy. I love clouds, and these are particularly beautiful, Red. Thanks for sharing them with me. :-)

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    1. I don't think you get the big cumulus build ups we have here . You don't get the heat.

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    1. I like watching these build ups when the sun shines on them.

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  10. Now, those are monsters Red - glad they stayed south of you. We had a tremendous black cloud come by two nights ago, and that's all it did. We prepared for the downpour, but the cloud stayed on the other side of the river in U.S.A. Have a great day.

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    1. They are monsters. i guess I could have looked on the weather channel to see how high they were.

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  11. Clouds are, among other things, great receptacles for our imagination.

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    1. And how many artists include clouds to draw things out from their paintings?

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  12. Clouds, especially big puffy ones such as these, remind me of days gone by, laying in the fields and staring at the clouds finding shapes and/or objects in the sky. Fantastic memories of days gone by, I just might have to do this again before our snow flies, reconnect with big white puffy clouds which look like clusters of giant marshmallows. :-)

    Have a wonderful day Red!

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    1. Hey, I sit in my back yard everyday and check the clouds.

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  13. Wow...they are beautiful! They look like white mountains in the background.

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    1. Clouds are great for letting people use their imagination.

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    1. You only get a couple chances a summer to see something like this.

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  15. Great Pictures Red. Love it when clouds are full and beautiful like that but don't block the sun !

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  16. Red, you have built up an amazing readership due to your personal magantism. You are an amazing man!

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  17. What gorgeous clouds. THey remind me of snow-capped mountains!

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