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2006 Gallery - Clouds 1
Clouds represent a fabulous form of flow visualization that is available to everybody, almost every day.
Clouds can reveal a tremendous amount about the flows and physics of the atmosphere.
Instructions for the cloud assignment: Photograph a cloud.
In fact, photograph clouds as often as possible. You will soon discover that it is not easy to do but that it is a very
pleasant diversion from everything else that you do. Do keep track of where, when, and how the image was made. A report is
required. Seek atmospheric sounding data and discuss the physics revealed. Exceptional images made prior to this course are
acceptable; document them as best you can.
The most famous "cloud" photographs were made in black and white by the legendary early twentieth century New York art
dealer, photographer, and husband of Georgia O'Keefe, Alfred Steiglitz. He called them "equivalents" and considered them to be
music. Sunrise and sunset are sometimes quite colorful or even extraordinary, but difficult to picture in a satisfying way.
During the day, individual clouds can be extremely interesting. In the course of this assignment you will discover what the
English writer and amateur photographer George Bernard Shaw once said about the photographer: "The photographer is like the
cod (fish) who lays a million eggs so that one may hatch." So, keep looking up and keep pressing the button. And, if you have
access to an extreme wide angle lens as well as a telephoto lens, use them as needed and as often as possible.
Clouds require that you think outside the box.
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Grant Bovee 1/30/06, Boulder CO. Edge of a nimbostratus sheet as a warm front moves in.
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Mike Demmons 2/27/06, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO. Altocumulus.
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Andrea Fabri Summer 2005, 10:30 am, Boulder CO. Cumulus fractus.
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Tanner Ladtkow 1/30/2006, Boulder, CO. Altocumulus lenticularis, or 'mountain wave' cloud forms in the
lee of the Rocky Mountains as stable air comes over the mountains and 'bounces.'
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Chris Kuhn 8/11/2004, near Tuscon, AZ. Monsoon-induced cumulus and cumulonimbus.
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Lok Kin Lee 2/21/2006, Boulder, CO. Cumulus fractus in a mountain wave.
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Jake Lilevjen 2/21/2006, Boulder, CO. Cumulus fractus in a mountain wave.
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Tim Read
Altocumulus lenticularis, Boulder, CO.
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Nigel Gorbold 2/25/06, 10 AM, Boulder, CO. Altocumulus lenticularis formed downwind of Bear Peak in high-velocity
Foehn winds. More info.
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Christopher McCray 2/27/06, NW of Boulder, CO. Wind shear rolls altocumulus lenticularis into a display
of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
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Hwapyong Ko 2/25/06, 3pm, Boulder, CO. Altocumulus lenticuaris, with sparse cumulus below, suggesting low level
instability with an upper stable layer.
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Geneva Wilkesanders 1/30/06, 7AM, west of Superior, CO. A vertically propagating mountain wave results in a stack of lenticular clouds.
More info.
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Melissa Talmage 2/2/06, 4:30 PM, Boulder, CO. Altocumulus viewed straight up.
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Molly Selting 2/9/06, 2:38 PM, looking SW from Boulder, CO. Stratocumulus.
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Ryan Mansfield 2/28/06, 5 PM, Boulder CO. Cumulus humulis.
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Kaleena Menke 2/28/06, Denver area. Cumulus below altostratus.
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Taylor Simonson 6/7/05, 8:25 PM, Greeley, CO. Nimbostratus.
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Christopher Skallerud 2/21/06, 4:15 PM, Boulder, CO. Cumulus fractus in a mountain wave.
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Chris Ostoich 2/21/06, 11:30 AM, Boulder, CO. Cumulus fractus in a mountain wave.
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Dustin Scaplo
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