Twirly Clouds

Photo Copyright to Masumi Tashiro

Strange twirl clouds in the sky above Grytviken, South Georgia island, at the cold edge of Southern Atlantic Ocean

2 interconnecting funnel clouds France

Awesome weather 2 interconnecting funnel clouds In France

White Fluffy Kitten Cloud

Really cute white fluffy kitten cloud,photograher unknown.

Black Cumulousnimbus Clouds

Lightening Tornado Rainbow

Swiss Cloud

Another amazing Cloud formation

Clouds Assorted

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/earths-atmosphere/clouds-article/
A must for all cloud lovers from NatGeos. Cloud gallery and explanation of cloud formation press link above.

Cumulous Horse Cloud

Amazing picture of a horse from a cumulous cloud owner not known.

Tornado Waterspout

Picture By Malden DJ

Psychedelic Rainbow Everest

Psychedelic rainbow over Mount Everest. This is an event which is extremely rare to be seen among these mountains, yet one photographer, Oleg Bartunov, managed to be in the perfect place at the perfect time.

Global Cluster,Amateur Astronomers Delights.Messier 70

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/messier70.html


In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the brilliance of the compact center of Messier 70, a globular cluster. Quarters are always tight in globular clusters, where the mutual hold of gravity binds together hundreds of thousands of stars in a small region of space. Having this many shining stars piled on top of one another from our perspective makes globular clusters a popular target for amateur skywatchers and scientists alike.

Messier 70 offers a special case because it has undergone what is known as a core collapse. In these clusters, even more stars squeeze into the object's core than on average, such that the brightness of the cluster increases steadily towards its center.

Lightning Strikes

http://www.meteorologica.info/

For weather maps, lightning strikes, wind speeds etc. please press link above

Mount Etna Latest Eruption

Mount Etna 2 weeks ago above picture
Mount Etna today see link below

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mount-etna-erupts--amazing-video-captures-moment-volcano-blew-its-top.html
Mount Etna erupted for the fifth time this year on Sunday. Amazing pictures on video.Ignore the advertising.

Venus Daytime View

http://www.space.com/15036-venus-daylight-skywatching-tips.html
Venus can be viewed daytime during today.
Please visit link to show you exactley at which point near the moon and sun it is visible

Sea Of Glowing Waves

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/pictures/120319-glowing-waves-ocean-blue-bioluminescent-plankton-science/

Rainbow and Frost

You may think just another rainbow picture.
However this was taken at 06.30 yesterday morning and their was a hard frost lying Rainbows come with rain hence the name.

Sun Shining through the fog

3pm 13th March. Sun trying to shine through the fog.You would be forgiven for thinking this was a night-time picture

Clouded Leopard

Once again those beautiful fluffy cumulous clouds draw wildlife pictures in the sky

Volcano Amid Northern Lights Iceland

Photograph James Appleton

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/20/icelandic-volcano-fimmvruhls-erupts-against-aurora-borealis-pictures_n_1288495.html?1329738648&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008
James Appleton a 25 year old British photographer has spent 7 years working in the intense heat and cold with volcanologists to capture close up pictures of the volcanoes in Iceland. He has now succeeded in taking close up pictures of both the erupting magma and the prevailling northern lights all in one close scene.
Brilliant photography.

Tsunami Type Cloud

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/amazing-%E2%80%98tsunami-cloud%E2%80%99-hits-florida-coastline.html
Beachgoers were treated to a display of harmless fog with the appearance of large waves.
This phenomenon known as Kelvin Helmholtz instability can occur in the air or water. On this occasion it was rolling in from the Mexican gulf stream onto the Panama City Beach in Florida.

Scale Of The Universe

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1k0CXS/htwins.net/scale2
Press this link and it will take you on a journey with descriptions from the outer reach of the universe back onto our own planet Earth.
Best viewed with the scroll bar at the bottom starting on the right.
Left click on any link on the way back in.

Sky-Punch

Picture of a Sky-punch Photo by Terry Boswell

Meterlogical phenomenon.

Ice crystals form above the high-altitude cirro-cumulo-stratus clouds, then fall downward, punching a hole in the cloud cover.

http://gwencoronado.com/our-wonderful-universe-sky-punch/

Aurora Borealis Northern Lights

Picture By Greg Clarke Donegal


http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2012/01/24/aurora-borealis-sweeps-the-north-east-skies-61634-30185973/

Pictures by amateur photographers

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/23/aurora-borealis-uk

Their was a beautiful display of the Aurora Borealis displayed as low as County Durham on Sunday night.
Their is a possibility they may still be apparent in the north/eastern hemisphere,both tonight and Wednesday also.

Aurora Explained
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29

Water Spout, Baggy Point, North devon

20/01/2012
A water spout was spotted and filmed by the crew of RAF Chivenor near Baggy Point North Devon.
Pictures were taken in the Bristol Channel off the North Devon coast
Water spouts are not actually a funnel of water but are clouds. This one reaching down to the sea.

Action Film clip on link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8174953.stm

How a waterspout is created . A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water. See wiki link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterspout