Cloud studies in color (captions only)

[DemoTex]

Multi-layered multi-form clouds + ground fog at dawn (7/11/11)


Pastel alto-cumulus over Pine Mountain at sunrise (7/11/11)


Pastel cumulus over the Newberry Volcano after sunrise (7/11/11)


After sunset cumuliform clouds over China Hat (7/10/11)

[stevedeshazer]

1. .

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[Snoutport]

2. very beautiful

[bkkyosemite]

3. Beautiful!

[FourScore]

4. Thank you! n/t

[pinboy3niner]

5. It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it :)

For all your hard work you deserve a few perks, Mac.

Thanks for the pics!

[DemoTex]

6. I feel like that Aussie photographer that appears on The Weather Channel

DemoTex (in a heavy Aussie (NSW) accent):

Here I am mates, out on the extremely precarious catwalk of a bloody yank fire lookout tower, waiting for the elusive sunrise. Blimee! Kangeroo-down, old sport! Oh, mother of my dingo!, does this bloody camera have film? Digital? WTF does that mean? Fosters, please. Quick.

:hi:

[pinboy3niner]

7. LOL!

Sometimes your eloquence shines through. It was all Greek to me...until I got to "Fosters." :)

:toast:

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. Wonderful! Thank you. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Wow! These are spectacular!

Thanks so much for sharing these with us! :applause:

[PDJane]

11. Thank you. The pictures are a delight!

[Duppers]

10. I never tire of your amazing pics

You're an amazing person.

Cheers

[joshcryer]

12. Awesome pics, thank you!

Glad you're still here, I know times can be draining.

[Delphinus]

13. Simply beautiful.

So glad I checked this out. Thanks for sharing - wonderful photos.

[HopeHoops]

14. Don't forget cloud computing!

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[DemoTex]

16. Cloud watching ameliorates the incredible sameness of being that I sometimes feel.

But most of the summer days here in the high desert are cloudless. Then I zero in on snags (standing dead trees) way down below me in the forest. I would treat the snag as a smoke and plot its exact position. I called that file "Snags I Have Known." I would also evaluate other aspects of the snag. One snag I even call "King Snag."

I thought my "Snags I Have Known" was something I would never mention to anyone, just because it was a way to relieve tedium. Then I found out (last year) that one USFS biologist is extremely interested in snags and even has a project mapping them. Was she ever excited about my diversion and the notes I had taken on snag location.

[lunatica]

15. thanks!