#cloud-spotting

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virga / iridescence

fulda (germany), 13 july 2017, 20h12

[skyfog]

An Imaginative Robot That Sees Faces In Clouds

Finding shapes in clouds - a romantic activity found throughout pop culture, and one that often takes a back seat to finding and identifying cloud types for cloud-spotters. 

Follow the link to read about a robot uses face recognition technology you might find on your smartphone or camera to watch for and capture [often creepy] faces in clouds.

For the record, the majority of these clouds are cumulus.

[singtilwecantspeak-blog-blog]

Hi guysssss

could you please follow my new blog? I'll follow everyone back.

http://cloud-spotting.tumblr.com/

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[singtilwecantspeak-blog-blog]

hello.

I've just started up another blog.

I'm going to fill it with beautiful things.

e.g. nature, animals, etc.

so yeah, if you like that sort of stuff, give it a follow please?

www.cloud-spotting.tumblr.com

thanks!

[skyfog]

Sighting January 6, 2012, near New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Altocumulus with Virga (30 + 25 + 15 Bonus for trail that changes direction abruptly) - This rare find occurs when higher-level clouds "rain", although the rain rarely reaches the ground. Just above the horizon, you can see how the Virga trails make an abrupt bend due to varied wind speeds. 

Altostratus (10) - background cloud layer

[skyfog]

Sighting January 6, 2012, near Plainsboro, New Jersey.

Cirrus Uncinus and Fibratus (20 + 15 points for classic Uncinus species) - The small, whispy, hooked formations are Uncinus, and the larger, streaky formations are Fibratus.

Altocumulus Perlucidus (30 points) - patchy clumps, some are gathered very closely together.

[skyfog]

And so it begins

Since elementary school, the daytime sky - with its gradients, textures, motion and pace - has fascinated me. I remember trying to capture images of my favorite clouds with my mind, hoping I could save the vivid images and look at them much later in life. 

Recently, my fiancee found an intriguing little cloud-spotting guide, The Cloud Collector's Handbook, by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Not only are its pages full of an extensive and well-organized collection of cloud species and varieties, but it employs game mechanics to inspire cloud collectors to find all sorts of rare formations!

This blog - Skyfog - will be home to my future cloud collection: look here for cloud images, identifications, and sky related musings.

Each sky photo will include cloud identifications, point values for each identified cloud formation (based on The Cloud Collector's Handbook), and a total point value for the image. 

Will Skyfog be as cool as my mental collection of sky images? Probably not. At least everyone has a chance to see the posts here.