They’re there somewhere. I saw them just a few minutes ago.
Category: Sky and clouds
Sky and water
Sometimes it’s hard to tell where the water ends and the sky begins.
Where there’s smoke
On July 21st we had a very dramatic evening storm. Thunder and lightning. And the lightning wasn’t just short, sharp bolts. This stuff shot horizontally across the sky or came down vertically in long zig zags and lasted for hours. So it was no surprise to learn within a few days that the lightning had sparked several small fires in Olympic National Park. Crews have been monitoring them and since they’re in wilderness areas response has been fairly low key. We’ve occasionally seen smoke from one of the fires.
On Wednesday I noticed a plume of smoke that diminished in the evening. Yesterday it was hot — in the 90s, rare here — and the plume grew, fast. Then, by sunset, it was gone.
Our forest isn’t a tinderbox like most of California. But there’s plenty of fuel. And we’ve seen enough forest fires that smoke is always worrisome.
I’ve looked at clouds
I love a vista that gives a grand view of the sky and I love clouds. My mother would have called this a “buttermilk sky.” I think the proper term for these clouds is “altocumulus.”
Clouds
There was color in the original of this shot. But not enough in the sky.
Clouds over Victoria
Yesterday’s clouds were about drama. Today’s were the kind of pretty, whispy look that encourages me to look up.
These clouds nicely framed Victoria and Vancouver Island – British Columbia – way off in the distance.
Lumix test drive
These clouds were gorgeous. So I decided to see if my new little Lumix camera was up to a nice capture. I’ve done some adjustments in Photoshop. I have little doubt that spending more time with the manual would produce good results.