Monday, August 8, 2016

I Like the Power in Clouds

        We had a hot and cloudy afternoon. It was one of those afternoons where it looked like a good thunderstorm could happen any minute.

         Around 6:30 PM a thunder cell formed and grew rapidly. It disappeared just as rapidly an hour later without one drop of rain.

        When I see the cloud build up I think of the tremendous energy that it takes to build the cloud and pile it up. I also like the beauty and movement as things build up.







      You really need a horizon to show off a cloud. My neighbor's trailer isn't a pretty horizon.

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  1. Clouds are beautiful. Forever changing and taken for granted by most of my fellow human beings. It is good to look up in the sky and see what's there.

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    1. Most of our fellow human beings miss most of the natural happenings around them.

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  2. I like it to look up. You had a very special cloud there, have never seen such one before. Here we always have clouds in the air and I like imagine seeing all kind of different items in them. A blue sky without clouds we see seldom here.

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    1. We have cummulos clouds tha build into thunder cells. Yes there are interesting shapes to see in cloud formations.

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  3. beautiful pics such afternoons really bring thunderstorms sometime here too

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    1. Hot afternoons bring these clouds and if the air is moist you can get a thunder shower.

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  4. I feel the same, Red. Clouds and their incredible energy fascinate me. I think your pictures turned out great. :-)

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    1. A skydiver will have a basic understanding of clouds and weather.

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  5. I too love the beauty of the fluffy white clouds.I like to call them that.

    These are beautiful Red. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. The fluffy white clouds are called fair weather clouds. You fly over then and it'sbumby.

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  6. Beautiful clouds, Red! I always loved the beach as horizon to show off a cloud.

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    1. If you live in the city the horizon is spoiled by buildings.

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  7. Oh I love cloud watching - especially the towering thunderheads! Sadly I don't see much of this anymore now that I live in Western Oregon.

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    1. Yes, I guess not many thunderheads in western Oregon. You send that moisture over the hills an a low pressure system. It's when we get most of our rainfall in Alberta.

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  8. I've always thought Florida has the best clouds on the planet...but these are worthy competitors!

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    1. Florida does have great clouds off the coast.

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  9. I can't say I noticed clouds much in Texas unless a storm was approaching. When I moved to the Pacific Northwest I began to notice clouds. They're so beautiful here against the bluest of shies, and the brightest of rainbows.

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    1. Yes, there are many different types of clouds and they can forecast the weather.

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  10. A magnificent thunderhead. I love painting firmly sculptured clouds like these.

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    1. Aha! Firmly sculptured cloud. That's a new one for me.

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  11. Some massive clouds there, Red. Here we just have the occasional wisp of a cloud in an otherwise blue sky.

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    1. We can get great thunder cells build up in the afternoon and evening.

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  12. I really enjoy a good summer storm, watching the clouds. Shame your lovely clouds didn't bring you any rain but maybe you didn't need any, so it could have been a good thing. Great looking clouds either way.

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    1. We don't need any rain but we got a very heavy shower this evening.

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  13. I also love to look at clouds. Yours are really powerful looking. Great photos Red!

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    1. I like a little more back light on them and then you see a brilliant shiny white.

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  14. Those clouds are incredible! You've captured them beautifully.

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  15. Hello! I love your cloud pictures. Made me chuckle about your neighbor's trailer. Trouble is, I don't always notice until AFTER I am looking at my shots!

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  16. I enjoy watching the clouds build.Out on the plains one can see storms go right around you.

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  17. These are beautiful photos, Keith! We have the same, smaller clouds, dark, but no rain. It's so disheartening.

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  18. Hiya Red, I like watching clouds too. I wish I could see the horizon from our house, but alas too many trees:(

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  19. Those are some very dramatic clouds. Nice shots.

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  20. I like the huge thunderhead clouds too, but don't like what generally follows them. You have a skyline like I do...I have to raise my line of sight up quite a bit to not capture my kid's yard or anything else.

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  21. Great cloud pictures! Clouds don't seem to get enough credit. All folks around here talk about is sunshine. Maybe that's because we have plently of clouds? :-) Thanks for the post and photos!

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