MetaFilter posts tagged with clouds

Google's got nothing on the asperatus

jessamyn — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:13:42 -0800

The Cloud Appreciation Society is trying to get the Royal Meteorological Society to recognize a new form of cloud (pix). More about how cloud naming got started and more cloud photos. [previous clouds, via]

A glorious morning

rtha — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:17:11 -0800

The Morning Glory might be the coolest cloud on the planet. It crosses the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia on many mornings in September and October. It can be 1000 kilometers long, two kilometers high, travel at least 60 km per hour and can be seen from space. Glider pilots gather in tiny, remote Burketown QLD hoping to “surf” the cloud. Here's a short documentary (30 minutes; best footage is in part 4). This kind of cloud also forms—with less predictability—over Sable Island, Canada, and off the coast of Western Australia.

We are encased in a world of light and cloud

signal — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:21:32 -0800

Photos of shadows in the clouds over Austin. via bldgblog

Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd

swift — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:46:55 -0800

10 Rare Clouds. 20 Cool Clouds. NASA clouds. List of Cloud Types (wiki). previously

Giant Waves Over Iowa

geos — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:15:33 -0800

Undular Bore Waves

Can I play too

Rubbstone — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:04:10 -0800

Free Ice Cream Day

in the clouds

nickyskye — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:09:17 -0800

Rare and strange cloud formations. Mammatus, lenticular, noctilucent, nacreous, hole in the sky. Basic cloud guide.

clouds from both sides now

nickyskye — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:46:55 -0800

Weather warfare. [more inside]

These clouds are nice. Some clouds are ice!

riotgrrl69 — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:45:08 -0800

۞۩unusual clouds۩۞

Sprites (atmospheric) - new movie

hank — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:04:46 -0800

7000 frames per second Newscientist article, with links to the movies. "Atmospheric 'sprites' captured in explosive detail ... by researchers using an ultra-high-speed camera. "The best images yet of the flashes – which resemble a giant undulating jellyfish with its tentacles falling from a halo of light – have allowed the team to pick apart their structure and mechanics. "

Surreal Clouds

Gyan — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:06:51 -0800

Cumulonimbus Mammatus - interesting looking clouds

The Cloud Harp

nickyskye — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:37:47 -0800

The Cloud Harp. The transposition of a natural phenomenon into music. The melodies and sounds are determined by factors such as cloud height, density, structure, luminosity, and meteorological conditions.

Clouds

peacay — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:08:51 -0800

"We pledge to fight ‘blue-sky thinking’ wheresoever we find it!"
Clouds can be strange looking, majestic, colourful, freaky, ominous or electric to name but a few.
Perhaps you’d like to go cloud ’surfing’ in a glider along a 600 mile cloud formation that appears in Queensland (film links/explanation) later in the year?
Or would you rather view your clouds from satellite?
You can otherwise study cloud formations at your leisure if you want.

There’s a million more sites around of course – first link via.

burning sky

loquacious — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:35:51 -0800

Strange clouds. Noctilucent clouds as seen from the ISS. Via Science @ NASA headline archives. Also: twirling rosin.

Hurricanes are for suckOrZ

cedar — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:36:14 -0800

Enviromental absorbant products manufacturer, Dyn-O-Mat claims to have removed a cloud from Doppler radar and intends to test their product on a hurricane. They have a patent and everything. The federal government spent two decades on Project Stormfury, an attempt to halt storms by 'seeding' the eyewall of a hurricane. This guy says we are already doing it with the militaries High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. Even if we're not doing it now, we'll definately by own the weather by 2025. That is, unless we're intentionally causing storms.

Plankton may form clouds.

rudyfink — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 01:35:03 -0800

Clouds formed at sea may be created by plankton to protect themselves from harsh UV rays by inducing more dimethyl sulfide to the atmosphere.

noctilucent clouds

y2karl — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:20:44 -0800

n o c t i l u c e n t c l o u d s
It's that time of year again. Look to the skies after sunset.

phatboy — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:44:35 -0800

"Bringing serenity to your busy workday". Bored with the view from your office? Kloudscape offers ten high-resolution images of clouds taken from 40,000 feet by photographer John Wang. These images are available in a variety of resolutions for use as desktop wallpaper.