Amazing sky late this afternoon - ranks upon ranks of pearly, striated
altocumulus clouds. A sky like this is known sometimes as a
mackerel sky, apparently resembling the scales on the fish of that name. I have no personal acquaintance with the mackerel, so I will take that on faith.
From the quick reading I've done I believe this type of cloud formation often signals the imminent arrival of a cold front, and indeed it is supposed to get cold tonight and over the next few days, with frost and freeze warnings out for much if not all of Minnesota.
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14 comments:
Lovely clouds! I especially like the second photo.
Fine mackarel sky and you made the most of it. Really lovely set. I never get tired of those clouds. The 3rd pic was my fave with that lamp post.
I love the last shot the best. It has a shattery look to it. Very dynamic.
Holy mackeral, those are some interesting looking skies. Like the street lamp.
fabulous
pretty amazing clouds! love the composition of these photos.
Christopher Tassava also has a couple of wonderful photos of last night's sky at his blog Blowing and Drifting.
Beautiful, Penny! I am happy to read a little more about the kind of clouds these were. There were certainly distinctive, even in a place where unbelievable clouds are pretty common. (Thanks for linking my post, too.)
Gorgeous photos!!
Love the last one.
Wonderful clouds. You'd think they were knitted together!
Fascinating pictures. I, too, favor the streetlight one.
You sure those aren't pickerel clouds?
Perhaps all cloud formations should have food or animal nicknames. What would a macaroon cloud look like? Or macaroni clouds? Macadamia?
Something about these clouds reminds me of the shots in Star Wars where an enormous starship passes directly over the viewer. There's that sense of direction and movement and closeness and immensity.
Thanks for all the visits and comments!
I've certainly noticed the clouds have become more winter like recently. Maybe even snow by this weekend it sounds like!
Wow!!!!!1 Beautiful shots! Just catching up with you and your blog...Yikes do i see snow up there in those posts above??? going to check it out now..putting on my mittens right now...
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