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« Reply #2670 on: 23:13:57, 06-11-2007 » |
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The clouds look so flat!
Yes, they do because they are! There are several layers of air and each has its own current and cloud formation. You can see it again here, a shot which virtually joins up with the previous. |
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« Reply #2671 on: 23:28:15, 06-11-2007 » |
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The clouds look so flat!
Yes, they do because they are! There are several layers of air and each has its own current and cloud formation. You can see it again here, a shot which virtually joins up with the previous. Indeed. It's all quite fantastic. (that was a positive exclamation in what you quote, lest you think I was deriding your photograph). I have a great book near my bedside, 'The Drama of Weather' (no google picture alas). Well, the title's great anyway. Will have to get a better cloud-spotting guide soon I think. |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #2672 on: 23:49:50, 06-11-2007 » |
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No, 'patio, I didn't think it was derision: I know exactly what you meant: flat in a horizontal sense. And so they were still, later this afternoon, when I took a sunset stroll down the beach: |
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« Reply #2673 on: 13:47:16, 07-11-2007 » |
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The clouds look so flat!
Yes, they do because they are! There are several layers of air and each has its own current and cloud formation. You can see it again here, a shot which virtually joins up with the previous. Indeed. It's all quite fantastic. (that was a positive exclamation in what you quote, lest you think I was deriding your photograph). I have a great book near my bedside, 'The Drama of Weather' (no google picture alas). Well, the title's great anyway. Will have to get a better cloud-spotting guide soon I think. Great plains of air. I used to do a lot of cloud painting, using landscapes as an excuse. |
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« Reply #2674 on: 16:45:08, 07-11-2007 » |
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The clouds look so flat!
Yes, they do because they are! There are several layers of air and each has its own current and cloud formation. You can see it again here, a shot which virtually joins up with the previous. Indeed. It's all quite fantastic. (that was a positive exclamation in what you quote, lest you think I was deriding your photograph). I have a great book near my bedside, 'The Drama of Weather' (no google picture alas). Well, the title's great anyway. Will have to get a better cloud-spotting guide soon I think. Great plains of air. I used to do a lot of cloud painting, using landscapes as an excuse. Anyone for a spot of Turner on the art thread? |
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MabelJane
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« Reply #2675 on: 22:55:49, 07-11-2007 » |
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Ron, you've reminded me of one of my few sunset photos I have scanned in onto this pc:  (Ynyslas of course!) |
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« Reply #2676 on: 23:03:45, 07-11-2007 » |
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That's a cracker, MJ: thanks for sharing it!
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« Reply #2677 on: 23:05:49, 07-11-2007 » |
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MJ, I'll be there over New Year!! Can't wait.  |
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« Reply #2678 on: 18:49:22, 08-11-2007 » |
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Where's that Mabeljane!!
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« Reply #2679 on: 19:22:01, 08-11-2007 » |
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Where's that Mabeljane!!
BBM, it's Ynyslas, as it says in MJ's post. It's a tiny place on the Ceredigion coast, north of Aberystwyth. West facing, so superb sunsets! |
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« Reply #2680 on: 21:33:37, 08-11-2007 » |
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Hi MJ, Nice pic, at least you've got the horizon fairly horizontal!  My apologies, Mr Pedantic Roger Hargreaves doesn't seem to have drawn him so you'll have to make do with  |
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« Reply #2681 on: 21:46:29, 08-11-2007 » |
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Thanks Ron. Kick the bar for me, martle! As martle says, brassbandmaestro, Ynyslas in on the West coast of Wales. It has an enormous sandy beach, extensive and well-protected sand-dunes (within the Nature Reserve which has its own Visitor Centre, concealed amongst the dunes http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/reserves/pages/ynyslas.shtml ), a few bungalows, a caravan site and a golf course. Andy, all the other sea-views taken on this visit have much more slanty horizons! |
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« Reply #2682 on: 22:49:45, 08-11-2007 » |
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Kick the bar for me, martle!
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« Reply #2683 on: 08:44:56, 09-11-2007 » |
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Where's that Mabeljane!!
BBM, it's Ynyslas, as it says in MJ's post. It's a tiny place on the Ceredigion coast, north of Aberystwyth. West facing, so superb sunsets! Sounds like a beautiful place to visit. |
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« Reply #2684 on: 21:16:33, 09-11-2007 » |
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Where's that Mabeljane!!
BBM, it's Ynyslas, as it says in MJ's post. It's a tiny place on the Ceredigion coast, north of Aberystwyth. West facing, so superb sunsets! Sounds like a beautiful place to visit. It is - particularly on a nice calm sunny day. Not quite so beautiful though when the rain's beating down for hours on end (as it was for 6 out of the 7 days when I was last there  ) or the wind is whipping up the sand making the beach an unbearably painful place to be.  Still, it makes you really appreciate the good weather when you're lucky enough to get some! |
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