mackerel sky by pocketmouse

mackerel sky

OH MY GOD IT'S NOT A MACRO!! :P

I remember reading about all the different types of cloud formations in a book on the weather, when I was probably 6 years old. I think it was the obsession I had prior to wanting to become a doctor - I was fascinated by storms (hell, I still am), different cloud formations, tornadoes/cyclones, hurricanes, rain, snowflakes, changing air pressures, how the weather was seemingly governed by a few billion charged particles whizzing through the atmosphere, colloding with each other occasionally...

So whenever I look up at this sky, I think 'mackerel'; it is given this name because it looks like the scales on a mackerel fish.

I gotta say though, this this cloud formation isn't my favourite. No, my favourite would have to be the cumulonimbus ( http://blogs.sun.com/staso/resource/cumulonimbus-cloud-akbhhf-sw.jpg). I hope to capture it one day. :)
lovely sky shot!
August 9th, 2010  
Love cloud pix, my favorite are thunder clouds (don't know the actual name). Here in Florida they rise 1000s of feet into the sky
August 9th, 2010  
beautiful clouds, cloud No. 9...
August 9th, 2010  
okay, i see your comments all the time on the photos i am commenting on, so i had to come take a look at yours!! (:
i LOVE this one of the sky--what a perfect description! after trevor's cloud photo, and mine from yesterday, i agree with him--it must be 'cloud week'! fun how all over the world we are turning our cameras 'up' to capture the sky!! (:
August 9th, 2010  
beautiful shot! great blue!
August 9th, 2010  
This is lovely!
August 9th, 2010  
This is so cool looking! Great shot!
August 9th, 2010  
wow! What a beautiful sky! Gorgeous!!
August 9th, 2010  
This is awesome--it could almost look like the ocean too.
August 9th, 2010  
Macros are addictive... (:
August 9th, 2010  
These clouds are gorgeous ...

And I agree with FaerieMoon - macros are addictive ;) I thought my project was going to be renamed Project 365 Macro at one point ...
August 10th, 2010  
It's really the mackerel? That's pretty awesome! I don't remember much about cloud formations, though I do remember reading about them in a science class. This picture has much texture!
August 10th, 2010  
pretty :)
August 10th, 2010  
Very nice shot.....what a gorgeous sky!
August 10th, 2010  
This is awesome! I love it.
August 10th, 2010  
This is gorgeous,love looking at clouds,everyday is so different!
August 10th, 2010  
gorgeous photo, and i learned something new :)
August 10th, 2010  
they are like painting! great shot teresa!
August 10th, 2010  
Love it! Reminds me of one I took a little while back: http://365project.org/vikdaddy/365/2010-07-09 You don't often get clouds like these, do you?
August 10th, 2010  
Bia
Wow, crazy awesome sky.
August 11th, 2010  
Very beautiful! :)
August 15th, 2010  
Awesome! TERESA just a piece of advice put watermark on your photos, your name, cause as beautiful as this should be kept, you'll never know, someone could have it and named it, cause that already happened to me ( just a friendly advice) =)
August 15th, 2010  
Awesome..almost looks like the ocean :)
September 10th, 2010  
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