Amazing cloud pics

These pics really speak for themselves. When the conditions are just right the humble cloud can put on an amazing dispay and turns into a work of art, some with vibrant colours, some of your favorite animal or movie star even a ufo.

I love this planet, the beauty never ceases to take my breath away.

Here is a morning glory cloud

similar looking is the stratocumulus
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Now for some colour, here the iridescent clouds


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Now for the Lenticulars, the first one look like a ufo
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And this one looks sorta like a rolled over canoe
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These are called Mammatus

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These two are Kelvin-Helmholtz
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A hole punch
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This next one looks like Marlon Brando
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Now last but not least the mushrooms, this first one is from Redoubt volcanoe in 1990

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Its amazing what mother nature can do. Before anyone tries to go and blame haarp these have been around much longer. If you want to get an extended cloud fix then head to The Cloud Appreciation Society their archives are huge.
Some of these also came from Nasa website.

Awesome pictures Polarwarrior, thank you for sharing them. I am often left astounded over the random designs the earth is capable of creating.

Those were flippin awesome and a great start to my morning.

I love looking at natural artwork.

cool clouds,
I like the Lenticulars type ones, very strange indeed.
thanks for sharing.

THey're not lenticular clouds, they're Pleiadian mother ships!!!!!

...But seriously, fab pictures.

Breathtaking beauty.

What a wonderful planet.

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I'm flagging this one. Nice collection of pics.

Also very refreshing is the fact that you placed the blame for these right where it belongs, that great conspirator.... Mother Nature!

Originally posted by butcherguy
Also very refreshing is the fact that you placed the blame for these right where it belongs, that great conspirator.... Mother Nature!

Ah yes, Mother Nature can be quite stunningly beautiful at times.

Here are some other cloud pics not yet covered in this great thread:

Clouds

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Beautiful - thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing these - I particularly like the iridescent cloud images!

Nice collection, I believe I have seen all or most of them individually, but when you put them together it really turns into something amazing.

I have actually seen the Mammatus clouds for real once in my life. They are some of the coolest and strangest cloud formations I have EVER seen, almost looked alien.

It's getting old. I know
I'll have to say it anyway.

Amazing ! Nature at its best

Thank you for posting them. I just needed to see something pretty.

Way to go

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If I ever saw some of those mammatus clouds, I think I'd run and hide, thinking we're under some terrorist attack with some uber gas. I'm glad I now know that's it's not terrorism, just clouds (that could have been embarrasing)

Oh, edit- the morning glory and the stratocumulus are blatently chemtrails being called clouds

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Whoa!

Those are some seriously amazing pictures there

So you got a S+F from me for making my day.

Amazing pictures. Thank you for sharing. Very educational. I like how you just quietly let the pictures speak for themselves.


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only one word for it; Wow!

tnx for the pic's mate, much appreciated!

Don't you mean chemtrails and ufos because what they really are!

But seriously, awesome cloud pics.

Thank you for these - beautiful....


..however...

my spider sense was tingling at the lion cub one - skilled photoshop maybe?

If not, then all the more amazing

cheers

Great images!


I find Earth is capable of just about anything I havent seen or thought of.

When people sit back and take a look at all the things we are blessed with, the earth is one of the finest treasures in our galaxy.
now that is something you can't put a value on this one of the situations where a few pics are worth a million word to just look in awe. thanks for the post S&F

Wow! Thanks for some daily inspiration! Those Mammatus ones are a trip! I still say the greatest show ON Earth....IS Earth, and all it's wondrous features!
Peace......