10.07.2009


Have you heard about the naming of a new kind of cloud? They're calling it asperatus, which means rough or agitated waves. It's the first new cloud since, like, 1951. What a moment, huh?
Mouse herself has never been a namer of clouds, although I like to watch them streaking and rolling and roiling. Someone I lost knew all their names and intentions, knew them intimately and loved to tell me about them. He would be very excited to meet asperatus. Welcome, asperatus, on his behalf.
(Photos, from top: The Guardian, Tras el Cristal, and Speak Your Mind News. More information at Fresh Pics: New Cloud Type Discovered.)

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Vanessa said...

Those are phenomenal looking. I am now an asperatus fan.

Amanda said...

I think this sounds like a magical spell. I'm going to say it to the next person who is nasty to me. Hopefully they will turn into bumpy clouds.

Rebecca (Dog-Eared) said...

what?! how do new clouds come about? in any case, they're pretty magnificent.