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Clouds That Look Like Things


Spotting forms in clouds is a beautiful way to complete a idle mid-day. There's even a community devoted to reasoning finding. It’s known as the Cloud Gratitude Society, established by Gavin Pretor-Pinney to nurture knowing and admiration of clouds, and to combat “blue sky thinking”.
A obvious red sky has always been associated with excellent, satisfied climate – the best summer’s day, while dark air are considered as a metaphor for tragedy. Nothing could be more gloomy, it seems, than to have ‘a reasoning on the horizon’. Gavin Pretor-Pinney determined that this has to quit. “Someone needs to take a position up for the clouds”, he says. So in 2004, he began the Cloud Gratitude Society and few several weeks later released a web page. Individuals sent in their reasoning picture, which he put up on the selection webpages for others to look at. The beginning flow of distribution soon grown to a bittorrent. These days, it has over 29,000 associates globally from 83+ different nations, and many a large number of awesome pictures.

Below is a selection of some of the most unusual reasoning structures.

Little Cumulus cloud from East Texas, US, smoking. Photo by Jan Morris Marek.

A sunset smile over West Hollywood, California, US. Photo by Christine Murphy.

A rabbit hopping over Nottinghamshire, UK. Photo by Andy Jamieson.

A poodle with shades enjoys a day by the sea over Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Photo by Bill Williamson.

A giant Mushroom over North Jutland, Denmark. Photo by Jan Hertoghs

Jack Palance, spotted over Loudonville, Ohio, US. Photo by Catherine Wilson

A hummingbird over Berryton, Kansas, US. Photo by Shannon Franks

A heart over SuperDevoluy, Saint Etienne en Devoluy, France. Photo by Emily Morus-Jones

A feather over Brockenhurst in the New Forest, Hants., UK. Photo by Chris Gleed-Owen

Dolphins at play, Sausalito, California. U.S. Photo by David Holbrooke.

Cloud Alien ahead.....Eagle River Valley, Colorado. U.S. Photo by Terry Robinson.

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