#pileus

[cleverreports]

5:11 PM: a deep breath in the chaos of this October day; the quiet lasts for a little while, as long as any quiet lasts in the sky,

[illustratus]

The Mermaid by Howard Pyle

[identifying-clouds]

Home-grown clouds from today! Two cumulus congestus, one with pileus, and some cirrocumulus lenticularis clouds!!

Also summer is (finally) actually hitting us here. It's currently 7pm, 31°C (that's about 88°F for the Americans), and the sun is only barely thinking of setting. Can't wait for it to hit a low of about 25°C (77°F) at 2am.

[lionfloss]

Pileus and iridescent cloud over Singapore

[zhuanghongru]

🌈Pileus☁️

Cloud iridescence is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon.

Time: 2022.08.16 Location: Pu 'er City, Yunnan Province, China Photographer: JiaQi Sun（孫嘉琪）

[briery]

A pileus iridescent cloud over Ethiopia.

[theromaboo]

As the Ides of March approaches, I'd like to remind you that this coin exists.

Brutus issued this denarius to commemorate the assassination of Caesar. I love how the coin is like:

It is time to celebrate the #idesofmarch, guys! #stab #stab #hat

[thefirststarr]

Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The featured image was taken last month in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, China. Also captured were unusual cloud ripples above the pileus cloud. The formation of a rare pileus cloud capping a common cumulus cloud is an indication that the lower cloud is expanding upward and might well develop into a storm.

Image Credit & Copyright: Jiaqi Sun （孙嘉琪）