Heavens Above!
It would only be natural that when there is a severe weather event people turn their heads up to the sky.
Those forlon clouds bearing down over the small speck of city. It’s kind of intimidating. And so we watch them, hoping trees are the only things bent against their will.
I have always had an interest in what goes on above my head because you can be anywhere in the world and observe something different. Sky watching is an active practice for an idle body.
You observe the coulds which can mean fair weather, clear skies or rain in the next few days. Our ancestors had to use this information to eke a living, and somewhere along the line we turned our heads down and forgot endless display above us.
Look above and learn your clouds. It’s an endless fascinating flick-book.
The below cloud is a Pyrocumulus which happens when a large fire intensely creates an updraft enough to form a cumulonimbus. Though it’s created by fire, the moisture condenses and will fall back as rain sometimes extinguishing the fire that it created. Lightning caused by the electrostatic charges by the particle updraft starts fires over again. Another fascinating circle of energy balanced perfectly by nature.
Tags: Clouds, Cloudscape, Pyrocumulus, Sky
July 21st, 2009 at 9:20 am
I got to view yesterday’s angry swollen clouds from above and think it was worth the five years that flying through them took off my life.
I always thought cumulonimbus was two words, probably due to my Mum busting out a “CN” during a game of eye spy when I was little. I didn’t guess cumulonimbus correctly, and at the time thought she just made it up, but have always remembered what the term means since that day.
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July 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
Your blog needs more…controversy. Clouds are so…passive. So…fluffy. They’re not opinionated…they just float there. They don’t express any bigotry or racism.
Your blog needs to be more…actually…your blog needs to be LESS you…and maybe more me. You should interview me!
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July 21st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I’ll leave you to express racism and bigotry Devil’s Advocate.
Perhaps you could start a blog…I’ll help you if you like.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Absolutely fascinating. As controversial as any racism, and just as fun. If i were 12 again, you would be my hero.