Cloudscapes
In my hobby of soaring, I grew to love to look at clouds and cloudscapes. When in the sailplane, I was able to fly under (and over) clouds and examine them in details. The type of cloud gave clues to the soaring conditions. Cumulus clouds are the thermal soaring pilot's favorite, expecially with flat bottoms and high tops. Lenticular clouds indicate wave action in the atmosphere, etc. I could go on but I will just view the cloud scenes, I have imaged, in the image gallery below.
Clouds Images
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- At the lower-left of a full image > activates a slideshow
Cirrus Clouds
(the high thin clouds)
Cumulus Clouds
Clouds at Sunset
Status and Other Clouds
Fog Clouds High and Low
Lenticular Clouds and Wave Clouds
Wave Cap Cloud Sacramento Mtn N.M.
Winds of a peak east of Alamogordo, give a lenticular cap cloud which is alight from the setting sun and its red glow.
The wide open country side of Alberta gives a grand location for spectacular skies filled with clouds, lightning, and Aurora. See for example Alberta Skiez by Sean McCormick
Larry Bogan - July 2011