Strange clouds the night!
Posted: Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
I was walking past the silage pit after checking on the sheep (a lamb had escaped!) and I spotted these amazing clouds!
They remind me of deer or hounds running across the sky!
They remind me of deer or hounds running across the sky!
Comments
They made me think of greyhounds. Have you ever seen the logo of the Greyhound Racing Association? It's very cleverly done (I don't agree with dog racing but the dogs themselves are very beautiful).
Jill from EK
The clouds are absolutely beautiful and strange. At first glance, they look like snow mountain caps!
Mrs Tracy from US
Lovely pictures, hard to say what the clouds are without the rest of the sky for comparison, cirrus or possibly high alto-stratus. They seem to have been blown out by the upper winds and turbulence
Hyper-Borean from The land of the Nebelungs
These are great pics! Really unusual. There is a phenomenon that you sometimes get at this time of year called Noctilucent Clouds - I have seen them once or twice, very very high and shimmery. Wiki article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_clouds. These clouds in your pics look sort of similar but I dont think they are noctilucent. Superb pics!
Mountainman from Tobermory
Great pictures, but how was it with the lamb?. A sheepfarmer always thinks about the sheep and lambs.
Dag from Norway
wow how odd they are . I am fascinated by the sky here its always impressing me.
Barebraes from Shapinsay
...like skeins of gently teased-out silk floss...
Flying Cat from stitching&sewing
Saw these clouds whilst out birdwatching on Tues night - reminded me of those white horse carvings on southern chalklands! Lovely.
Stromness Dragon from Watching the skies
Dag: after patiently waiting for the lamb to do something stupid (and thus allow me to get close) I snatched him and walked him backwards to the gate and was able to put him back in the field. He had been trying to squeeze between the bars of the gate and this allowed me to get a good grip on him!! As for the clouds: Erlend called them "Mares' Tails" which I thought was nifty!
Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney
So...I traded my quiet cabin in the Alaskan woods for the howling winds of Orkney and life on a farm. 
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