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weather front over the Gulf of Mexico, Don Pedro Island, FL

Clouds I Like

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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Thunderstorms off Ft. Myers Beach. Photo by @sunstreampr

Early Summer Thunderstorms Off Fort Myers Beach

Posted by David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com. Here’s a great photo posted on twitpic by @sunstreampr. This is the kind of cloud cover that makes for a really beautiful sunset. Looks kind of like a web cam photo, or at least a really wide angle lens, given the curved horizon. Follow @sunstreampr on Twitter if you […]

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An odd circular opening in this cirrus cloud over St. Petersburg, Florida was photographed by my friend Maria Ferraro on November 24, 2008.

Cirrus Cloud Mystery

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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