Clouds

Clouds I Like

June 24, 2011

When I was in high school I found in the library a book about clouds. It was a big thick tome filled with color photos of clouds described and classified. A cloud bible it was. I’m quite sure I was the only one to have ever checked it out. I learned about stratocumulus, cirrostratus, mammatus, [...]

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Summer is Over, but it Lives on My Hard Drive

December 23, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Nothing says “summer” to me like a towering thunderstorm spreading itself slowly over the barrier islands on a hot afternoon. This photo was taken a few blocks south of Magnolia Avenue, looking south toward Holmes Beach.

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Cirrus Cloud Mystery

January 14, 2009

I’ve always loved clouds. Especially those white cottony cumulus clouds of summer, and the huge, dark, menacing cumulonimbus with their white cirrus anvils. In my high school library I found a big heavy book with color photos and scientific names for hundreds of types of cloud formations. I studied the book for weeks. Weird for [...]

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