Cloudspotting for beginners with their head in the clouds

I started the weekend with another session from the howies’ Do Lectures. In this one Gavin Pretor-Pinney shows us some great examples of the diversity that clouds can share, as well as how he founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004 to fight ‘blue-sky thinking’. If you’re somebody who always has their head in the clouds then you will enjoy this.

“Cloudspotting For Beginners. I will give an introduction to cloudspotting. I will teach you to identify some of the basic cloud types, as well as encourage you to lie back, let your imagination drift, and notice that one over there looks like a goldfish.”

Here is the lecture, followed by some highlights from the cloud collection:

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