Cloud shadows and puffy ones

I should really start to carrying my DSLR when ever I am outside. As I was walking my dog the other day, clouds played shadow game in the sky and I cursed a bit in my mind that I didn't take the DSLR after all.

Okay, it really doesn't show that much when you compare to wider shot from the same camera. 

Puffy clouds that look like bits of cotton wool floating in lots of blue sky are a sign of fair weather.  Also they are called Altocumulus clouds.

This time of the year clouds are making wonderful paintings in the sky, just when it is settling in or just about rise for the new day.

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Archipelago ring road and ferries

I have planned to make a road trip through Archipelago ring road in Southern west Finland quite while now and I finally made it this year. I was making a RSP Road Trip Finland videos for my other Youtube channel and while I was in the ferries, crossing the sea from island to island I had great view from the top of the ferries to the sky. 

And it was supposed to rain whole Finland, but I guess I was that part of the Finland where it had or it will be raining later that day, but sky was filled with clouds and you can see the they are pouring down the rain.

I made some videos too for my YouTube channel, go check it out!

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This might be upside down

This might be upside down, I mean this was almost straight up and when you point your phone's camera straight up and it tries to determinate which direction is up.

As I was walking my dog the other day I spotted wave clouds in the southern sky. These are clouds that form of atmospheric internal waves.

I should start to carry my DSLR more often. This was so dark and murky that my phone's camera didn't capture it in a "right way".

Cirrus clouds typically appear delicate and wispy with white strands. Cirrus are usually formed when warm, dry air rises, causing water vapor deposition onto rocky or metallic dust particles at high altitudes.

I just love the sunset and the clouds in the country side. No man made structures to ruin the silhouette. 

I made some videos too for my YouTube channel, go check it out!

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Slow but fast

I was on a walk with my dog and it was sunny and almost clear sky. It's hard to comprehend how fast clouds when they are high in the sky.

11 minutes between these two shots.

And I have been shooting timelapse of the clouds and you really can see how fast the clouds are moving.

I made some videos too for my YouTube channel, go check it out!

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Different types of clouds

Clouds are formed when water vapor in the air condenses into visible water droplets or ice crystals. This can occur when moist air rises and cools, causing the water vapor to condense and form clouds.

There are many different types of clouds, but they can generally be classified into three main groups:

Low clouds: These clouds are typically found at altitudes up to about 6,500 feet and include stratus, stratocumulus, and cumulus clouds.

Middle clouds: These clouds are usually found between 6,500 and 20,000 feet and include altocumulus and altostratus clouds.

High clouds: These clouds are found at altitudes above 20,000 feet and include cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus clouds.

In addition to these three main groups, there are also special clouds such as cumulonimbus clouds, which are tall and vertical and can produce thunderstorms, and lenticular clouds, which form in the lee of mountains and have a distinctive lens-like shape.

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Once upon a time, there was a vast expanse of ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see. Above the ocean, the sky was a brilliant blue, and for the most part, it was empty except for the occasional bird that flew by. But one day, something miraculous began to happen.

As the sun began to rise and the day grew warmer, the heat from the sun began to evaporate the seawater, turning it into a mist that rose into the sky. At first, the mist was barely visible, but over time it grew thicker and denser until it formed a large mass that covered the sky.

As the mist rose higher into the atmosphere, it began to cool down, and as it did so, it began to condense into tiny droplets of water that floated in the air. These droplets began to clump together, first in small groups, then in larger and larger clusters until they became visible as clouds.

The clouds grew and took on various shapes and sizes, depending on the temperature and the amount of moisture in the air. Some were fluffy and oval-shaped, others long and wispy, while still, others were dark and thick and full of thunder and lightning.

As the winds blew across the sky, the clouds would move and shift, sometimes coming together to form a larger cloud or breaking apart into smaller ones. And as they drifted across the sky, they would provide much-needed shade for those below and bring much-needed rain to the parched land.

And so it is that, to this day, clouds continue to form and move across the sky, bringing with them the promise of life-giving rain and the cooling shade of their fluffy, white forms.

Stratoclouds, also known as stratus clouds, are low-lying, flat clouds that appear gray or white and cover most of the sky. They are typically found at altitudes of less than 6,500 feet and are formed from the cooling and condensation of moist air near the ground. Stratoclouds are often associated with stable weather conditions and can produce light rain or drizzle. They can also form as a result of air pollution, and their presence can be an indicator of poor air quality.

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Sun halo

A sun halo is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by ice crystals in the atmosphere. When the sun's light enters an ice crystal, it is refracted and dispersed into its spectral colors, creating a circular or elliptical halo around the sun. Sun halos can appear as bright, white rings or arcs around the sun, with a radius of about 22 degrees.

Sun halos are relatively rare phenomena and are typically seen in areas with cold climates or high altitudes, where ice crystals are present in the atmosphere. They can also be seen in connection with other atmospheric phenomena, such as sundogs (bright spots or patches of light on either side of the sun) and tangent arcs (bright arcs of light tangent to the sun halo).

Sun halos are often considered to be beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomena, and have been the subject of fascination and interest for centuries. In many cultures, they are seen as a sign of good luck or an omen of change.

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