Weather 2005 Pictures

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More pictures of clouds, some taken from at or above cloudbase, can be found in the Gliding 2005 Pictures page.

Photos December 2005

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2 shots taken a few minutes apart of wave clouds forming late in the day above Lasham airfield.		Looking Northeast just after sunset in Kenton, I found a purple sky above a layer of cloud. Eerie colours.	I couldn't resist taking pictures during a heavy snow shower. The snow melted away in a few hours.

Photos November 2005

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Sun shining through cirrostratus to form a 22 degree halo.	One of the best sunsets I've seen this year.	Shots of the moon after dark. At 1/40s exposure the lunar surface detail is visible. But at 1s exposure a pretty halo appears (revealing cirrostartus cloud) along with nearby Mars.		Frost buildup on grass and leaves. Where it hasn't melted by day it has built into large crystals.

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Sunrise on a foggy morning.	Long needle shaped ice crystals form a mini forest on a wooden rail.	3 shot panorama of a fog bow. Notice the white arc caused by sun shining strongly into shallow fog.

Photos September and October 2005

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Looking Northeast towards Holmfirth from a view point on Upper Heyden in the Peak District.	A small cumulus shaped like a jellyfish.	The sun seen through a cumulus cloud while at it's base.

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Two sets of waves in cirrus at almost 90 degrees to each other.	A cloud shaped like a base jumper off a larger oddly lit cumulus.	More lively development from the 19th, resulting in heavy showers / thunderstorms.

Photos August 2005

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Low cumulus and high cirrus contrasting nicely above Barnhill.	Wave bars started appearing everywhere as a weather front started to move in.		Spectacular sunset.	Crepuscular Rays behind a nearby thunderstorm.	Another nice sunset.

Photos July 2005

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A pair of small demon shaped clouds (or bats) flying over Kenton.	Sunset at Kenton.	Waves in cirrus cloud early in the day over Kenton.	Cumulus popping up out of the haze above Basingstoke.

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Spectacular sunset at Lasham Airfield.		Early morning billows in low level stratus at Lasham Airfield.	Sunbeams pouring down through a hole in the clouds near Pangbourne.	Another spectacular sunset at Lasham Airfield.

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Pileus wave caps on top of cumulus clouds at Lasham Airfield.	3 shots of a passing huge shower at Lasham Airfield, looking Southwest, Southwest and Southeast respectively.

Photos June 2005

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Noctilucent clouds photographed between 11pm and 11:20pm. Pics 1 and 3 are zoomed in. Pic 2 is unzoomed. All 15s exposure.			Sunset on the 22nd.		The disturbed base of a huge thunderstorm.

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My first successful attempts at capturing lightning.		After dark my successes became far more spectacular as longer exposure times made capturing the lightning a lot easier. Lightning3 is by far my favourite.

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Additional later lightning shots.		The sky lit up by lightning.

Photos May 2005

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Medium level convection ahead of incoming disturbance.	A giant fish skeleton at cirrus level lit up by a low sun late in the day.	Classic anvil of a small thunderstorm.

Photos April 2005

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Iridescent cirrus cloud.	Fall streaks / virgae.

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Is that a serpent escaping from that cloud? :O		Vivid sunset. Are those trees on fire?

Photos March 2005

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Cumulus lit up by very low sun.	Decaying cumulus clouds at sunset.		Falling snow. Settling at last!	The pine tree in the garden when the snow stops.	Snow covered path leading up Barnhill through the woods.

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Bench surrounded by snow and bird tracks running alongside.		Another snowy path.	Long line of showery cumulus late in the day.	A single showery hole in an otherwise overcast damp stratus layer.	Spectacular crepuscular rays.

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Flying west in a 777 at sunset. Approaching terminator behind us. 2 hour sunset ahead of us (looking over the wing) slowly escaping.		Sunset as seen from a hotel room in New York.	The pond in the Southeastern corner of Central Park still has lots of ice and snow on it.	One of many slowly melting patches of snow.

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A sundog seen just west of Manhattan from a New Jersey Transit train.		Rising sun highlighting cirrus clouds above a rippling altostratus layer.	Wavey ripples in the altostratus west of Ireland.	A collection of closeups of ice crystals that formed on the aeroplane's window.	Cirrus passing just a hundred or so feet above the wing.

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Now over Ireland. Altocumulus sitting on top of hazy lower layers.	Further East is fog all the way to Heathrow. High ground sticks out above the fog.	Wave ripples in the fog. 2nd pic is a closeup.		Fog sitting in the valleys of South Wales.

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More South Wales fog.	Strands of cirrus passing just over the aircraft.	More distant cirrus as we descended over England.	Chimney stacks belching smoke above fog in England.	Walled complex enjoying a sunny hole in the fog.

Photos February 2005

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A 'horse' racing across the sky.	Another odd shaped cloud.	Cumulus lit up at sunset underneath a darker altostratus layer.	Large snow shower moving in from the North.	Heavy snow shower after dark lit up by street lights.

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Falling snowflakes.		A distrail (opposite of contrail) seen after sunset.	Snow falling. The flash made them look like falling pins.	These snow grains look like little diamonds.	A virga (fall streak) falling out of a dull overcast sky.

Photos January 2005

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My least worst attempt at snapping Comet Machholz near the Pleiades. The comet is the green fuzzy thing bottom right.	My first attempt at capturing Saturn with a webcam / 80mm telescope combination. Not spectacular but a start.	A contrail casting a shadow. The sun was low to the left and the cirrostratus looks like it is above the contrail.

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Feathery cirrus clouds floating by quickly in a strong wind and very clear sky.				A street of small cumulus clouds stretching away into the distance.