September 14th - Perfectly Pink

Even though the cloud formations become familiar in the Summer afternoons, the colors can be just wonderful, and create a very different mood.

These shades of grey and pink are one of my favorite color combinations!

September 13th - Sea Foam, Surfers, and Seasick

These photos are of a variety of cirrocumulous clouds. Cirrocumuli are high-level clouds appearing as a formation of small masses of white or pale blue, fleecy clouds in a globular, wavelike, rippled pattern, usually in regularly arranged groupings. Cirrocumulus are composed of highly supercooled water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of both. I got this info from http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Cirrocumulus.htm - a good source! So that's the weather lecture for today - now just enjoy the photos...

Instead of looking up, I see aerial views today. This formation of Cirrocumulus undulatus looks amazingly like the sea foam left on the beach after a wave recedes.


Looking down, I see waves breaking at a distance from the shore (Cirrocumulus lacunosus), but no matter how hard I squint I still can only imagine the surfers riding them.


These white caps (Cirrocumulus floccus) would make for a bumpy ride back to shore!

September 12th - Getting up a little early pays off sometimes!

This moring was one of those times it paid to get up and out of the house a little early. With an 80% chance of rain today I figured it was a good idea, and it worked out really well!

The sun peeked out of the lower cloud layer for a minute before rising behind another thick band of clouds.

After the sun rose above the thick cloud band, it illuminated the higher cloud formations in a very interesting way. The sun seemed to sink into a pillow of cloud.

The perfect setup for a beautiful sunrise reflection in the glassy smooth pond. The palm trees added just the right finishing touch.

September 11th - Jack and the Beanstalk, The Pillsbury doughboy, and giant ropes

Another day of bright blue sky and white clouds - and yet the variety of each area of sky continues to amaze me.

I wanted to climb up this spiraling cloud "beanstalk" to see if there was a giant at the top!

I felt like the Pillsbury doughboy was hovering over my backyard!

These Altostratus clouds floated in front of the cumulus clouds on the horizon. It was like giant ropes were stretched across the sky.

September 10th - Big Foot, Asteroids and Boomerangs

This storm skyscape seemed to include every type of cloud imaginable.

The shelf cloud coming through at the front of the storm looked like a big foot crashing down!

You can almost imagine an asteroid hitting the earth spewing debris toward us.

Alto cumulus clouds resemble a giant boomerang flying across the sky.

September 9th - Meteors, Jellyfish and Dragons

Today is wispy day! These high cirrus clouds were just fun - so light and carefree...

A meteor spinning through space or maybe a jellyfish?

A dragon with wings spread flying through the sky...

I don't know what this looks like - I just really liked it. Any ideas?

September 8th - A Monster's Coming!

Today I spent a few hours at Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando taking photos of the skyline, swans and scenery. I have posted many of there to my flickr (click on the link to the right and down a ways). I hope you'll take a peek. In the mean time I only have one photo to post on this blog below.

This wonderful cumulonimbus cloud formation was like a monster coming over the horizon to eat East Orlando!