Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts

Monday, July 14, 2008

Art by Nature

Northern Light Over Yellow Knife, Canada.
This is so beautiful..
This is a Fire Rainbow.
The rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
The picture was captured on the Idaho / Washington border. The event lasted about 1 hour.
Clouds have to be cirrus, at least 20K feet in the air, with just the right amount of ice crystals and the sun has to hit the clouds at precisely 58 degrees.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Art in Clouds

Clouds come in many shapes, sizes and colours. Some clouds resemble images, some are simply stunning. Here are 20 very cool clouds that have graced our planet: