[Theme] Clouds

[Akira]

Impressive.  Apparently such iridescent clouds can be seen only at both high altitude and latitude...

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A Lofoten mountain enshrouded in clouds. At high latitude, but definitively not high altitude ... Perhaps the combination of low sun elevation and wet clouds caused a rainbow-like refraction? Never seen anything similar either before or after.

[Anirban Halder]

Last few photos just raised the bar of this thread really high. They are just phenomenal, Bjørn. Amazing to see how colorful our nature is.

[Akira]

Placement...

[Jim Covello]

And now for something a little dramatic.  Lightning inside an impressive storm over the Tucson Mountains.

[armando_m]

Iridescent ("mother of pearl") clouds. Not very common, they are formed at very high altitudes in the atmosphere.

wow, I have never seen something like at such a large scale

[armando_m]

And now for something a little dramatic.  Lightning inside an impressive storm over the Tucson Mountains.

Dramatic indeed!

[Akira]

James, this is super!  It looks as if the bottom of the heaven is broken!

[Jakov Minić]

James, spectacular!

[Akira]

We are seeing this pleasant blue sky for the first time in several days...

D750 with 50/1.8G.  Three vertical frames stitched to this pano.

[HCS]

Wow, i can't match all these great images. Yet, i'll try one. One from above.

[armando_m]

clouds and roof tops

[armando_m]

cloud at sunset

[pluton]

Armando, I like the snappy contrast of the first clouds shot, plus the strange soft contrast used in the second clouds shot.

[Mike G]

This is the aftermath of Storm Dawn and the clouds were scudding across the sky.

Fujifilm X-T2 + XF 23mm f1.4.