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Monday 24 December 2012

Cloud Counting

How many different kinds of cloud can you fit into one photograph, while still leaving room for a swathe of blue late summer evening sky? Probably quite a few, but the multiple varieties in this picture must go some way towards that maximum.

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The striking pink / orange colour of the sun's setting rays catching the lower level cloud makes a pleasant contrast with the bright white of the higher altitude specimens, while the deep blue of the sky is a perfect backdrop against which to show them both off.

Taken towards the end of summer 2012, and quite late in the evening, this photograph captures an impressively beautiful display of natural artwork that held me spellbound for quite some time.