Cloud Carpets

[yourlibrarian]

Last week while taking out the trash, I noticed that the clouds were low in the sky and really thick and ropey, like a plush carpet. Hurried home to grab the camera as sunset was coming soon and I wanted to be sure I caught the look.





You could see the pattern at a distance but it was clearer close up.

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

An evening when you long to wear the sky as a sweater.

[yourlibrarian]

What a great way to look at it!

[full_metal_ox]

I’ll leave tangible interpretation to the knitting enthusiasts.

[kazzy_cee]

Those are odd cloud formations...

[yourlibrarian]

Definitely not something we see regularly -- and in such a wide swath. We get more of the random fluffy clouds.

[marycatelli]

Mackerel skies? Probably regional. They are common here

[full_metal_ox]

And here as well on fair days. (Florida’s Gulf Coastline can generate amazingly layered and complex cloud convergences.)

[cmcmck]

That'd be hill country cloud hereabouts- we get quite a lot of it!

[yourlibrarian]

Maybe that's why we don't see it much -- it is flat as a pancake here for hundreds of miles.

[marycatelli]

Well, be forewarned:

Mackerel skies and mare's tails
Make tall ships carry short sails.

That is, it (and the wispy, curly clouds) are harbingers of storms.

[yourlibrarian]

We've definitely gotten a good bit of snow recently.

[shirebound]

Beautiful! I've always called them cotton-ball clouds, but now I'll talso hink of a ropey carpet.

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, some kind of high pile 🙂

[turlough]

Those are so seriously cool clouds!

[yourlibrarian]

They really caught my eye!

[pameladean]

How gorgeous and unusual! Thank you for capturing them for us. P.

[yourlibrarian]

Glad to!

[scintilla10]

Lovely cloudscapes! Thank you for sharing!

[yourlibrarian]

Glad you liked them!

[adafrog]

Cool.

[yourlibrarian]

😎🆒

[tozka]

Love those clouds! I just bought a book about cloudwatching, too, how funny. (Called The Cloudspotter’s Guide of course.)

[yourlibrarian]

Ha, timely!