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The sunflower fields near Denver were so cool we decided to go back and get a few more pics. We got lucky because some great looking cirrus clouds moved through while we were shooting.
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A fabulous morning in the sunflower fields....the sunflowers were a bit disappointing this year with drought and heat so I dug this out of the archives.
Sunrise over the Cat Mts, located along the southern tip of the Tucson Mountain range, west of Tucson Arizona.
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Shot directly into the sun, this dramatic sky took on more character with a bit of PS applied (I digitally blended 2 versions of the same image, the sky having a pump in saturation and shadows, the bottom not as much). What was interesting is that a halo, which I didn't see in the original version, appeared around the sun. I assume it was in the original shot, but barely visible. Is this a result which was actually in the sky or an event the camera creates when capturing into-the-sun images? I'd really like to know if you have an answer ...
Thank you Cindy (KaCey97007) for the answer about the halo ...
This halo around the sun is known as a Nimbus or Gloriole, a 22° circle forms in the ice crystals of high Cirrus clouds. Red on the outside blue to the inside.
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11.06.10 | Black Canyon Creek, MacGregor Ranch, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA | We hiked this fall through the meadows the MacGregor Ranch had traded with the National Park for. The Aspens here had already completely given up their leaves for the season. Their twisting shapes caught my eye against the high cirrus clouds who were telling the tale that the weather was about to turn winter in the next 24 hours. | Photo by Jeffrey Rueppel
The Battle of Curlew Pass was fought in August 1599, when a Gaelic Irish force under Hugh Roe O'Donnell defeated an English column during the Nine Years War. At the place of the battlefield is this sculpture by Maurice Harron . It is near Boyle in Co. Roscommon, Ireland
A HDR for a change.Constructive comments are welcome,we Dutch are used to that haha.
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Church of the Transfiguration in Grand Teton National Park. Fortuitously a magnificent cirrus cloud floated into my photo when I went down to the church for a record shot and turned my record shot photo into so much more :D
The refraction of sunlight as it passes through ice crystals in high, thin clouds produces a sun halo, and silhouettes the dried and empty seed pods of last year's milkweed. Milkweed is an important food source for Monarch Butterflies. Taken in the Spring Creek Gap Glades Natural Area of Missouri, this and other images from the area can be seen at my latest blog post.
This morning's sunrise brought with it a sign of warning, a sign for high winds.
the deep red cloud is Altocumulus and the streaky white cloud is Jet-Stream Cirrus. Just love how the red colour of the sunrise plays with each cloud formation.
Cirrus clouds form towards the top of the troposphere (This is the lower region of the atmosphere where almost all clouds form), where the winds are much faster than below. As a result, Cirrus clouds tend to be the fastest moving of all cloud formations.
High-level winds can reach speeds of up to 180mph (300km/h) in the strong westerly air currents known as ‘jet streams’. These are winding flows of air that encircle the globe at altitudes of 30,000 to 35,000 feet, developing from the temperature and pressure differences between polar and tropical air masses, and whipped-up by the Earth’s spin. Cirrus clouds forming along the path of jet streams – such as in this dramatic image are generally known as ‘jet-stream cirrus’.
The paths of the jet streams are in constant flux, as they wind and bend their way around the globe like enormous, invisible serpents. These snakes of the sky play a crucial role in the weather of temperate regions, for they strengthen and steer storm systems in an eastward direction around the globe. Most people never know that a jet stream serpent is passing over them – unless, that is, the silky streaks of jet-stream Cirrus have decided to render it visible to the keen eyed cloud spotter.
Altocumulus clouds usually occur as a layer or patch of more or less separate cloudlets in the form of heaps, rolls or billows. They are white and/or gray in colour with generally shadowed parts and often show a waved aspect. They may be well shaped by high winds into rippled wave patterns, often sharply outlined, but they may also become partly fibrous and diffuse.
Altocumulus can appear when the air is unstable in the middle of the troposphere (this is the lower part of our atmosphere – in which weather happens).
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Last week's Wednesday I got up early and left Swan Valley in east Idaho at 4 am for Yosemite to shoot fall colors. By evening 800 miles later I was on the shore of Tenya Lake in Yosemite for this shot. I had originally planned on going to Zion first but after googling fall colors for both places I changed my plans at the last minute.
After dark I went down to Mono Lake for a sunrise shot but I blew it as when the sun came up I wasn't in the cool shooting spot. I then did a quick reconnaissance of the eastern Sierra to see if there was any fall color left and there was very little so I shot over to Yosemite Valley. There was some good color in the valley however harsh light from California's miserably fair weather wasn't providing optimum fall shooting for deep canyons so after another night and morning in Yosemite I shoot out to the central coast to shoot elephant seals, surfers, monarch butterflies and sunsets. It was good.
After two days at the beach I was off for Zion National Park where fall colors were supposed to be peaking. Zion was awesome even though it was very sunny there also. The profusion of color provided many opportunities. I returned home on thursday after 8 days and 3000 miles. Now I am in post processing hell but it is good!
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Cirrus clouds, with beautiful rainbow colours dancing across them.
The colours are caused by the refraction of sunlight on ice crystals in the cirrus clouds. (The sun was to the left)
(This is not a sundog by the way.. the sun was too high)
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Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and built in 1853 this rather splendidly neo-gothic building sits in the shadow of Westminster Abbey.
This remarkable (unedited) photo was taken while cruising Mudhen Lake in northwestern Wisconsin. There were high cirrus clouds climbing up in the western sky, and after the sunset, it just caught fire! This lasted about five minutes, and then faded to a mute gray.
Anyone besides me thinking October here.... LOL
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oh and cirrusclouds of course :)
took this photo lying on my back in the grass next to the Eifeltower, I just love schooltrips lol
I know these are Cirrus Clouds but I am not sure of the exact type. I suspect there are two types here. Would be interested to know if anyone an expert.
Late afternoon clouds looking towards Thatcher Rock, Ore Stone and Shag Rock
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Jökulsárlón, Iceland.
Because they are so high up in the atmosphere, cirrus clouds consist of ice particles suspended in the air. Accordingly, this photo depicts mainly ice in the air and on the land and water.
I guess that is why they call this place Iceland ;-)
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My first visit to Sandy Point State Park on early Saturday morning was a failure (thanks a lot Weather Bug for the "partly cloudy" forecast. I couldn't see a damn thing but the clouds, and it was gray all over), so I went back the next day in the afternoon with two other photo enthusiast friends and we got a break this time.
It was a fine winter afternoon with a clear sky and subtle pink on the horizon. The Chesapeake bay was painted blue, the moon went up early, and I was a happy man. In case you're wondering, the tiny red spot on the horizontal line is Shoal Lighthouse. There's more to come, so stay tuned.
Thank you to a fellow Flickr friend ||Gary|| for the park's info.