Cloudy layers

Orangey sunset

This sunset is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.  Click on the image to embiggify it. 

A passing weather system brought with it different types of clouds at different levels.  This stereogram emphasizes those levels.  The high clouds are from the main system.  The lower, puffy, clouds are formed by the cold winds of the system passing over warm waters.  Noted is a hard to see sundog about one-third of the way in from the right side.

Stereoscopy Day 2026

 

Now, even more stereo!

 

June 21st is "Stereoscopy Day".  On that day in 1838, Sir Charles Wheatstone presented his reflecting stereoscope to the Royal Society of London and demonstrated his theory of binocular vision.  More info about this event, the fifth, is at the Stereoscopy Day site https://stereoscopyday.wordpress.com/ or #StereoscopyDay 

 

Let's start the celebration right now!   Presented is a relaxed view 3d stereogram of clouds at different levels:

 

Fast moving...

 

You can view my 3d / stereogram / stereograph / stereoscopic images by selecting one of these labels.  These links each should produce the same image results, as I have been pretty good about labeling:

https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/3d

https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/stereogram

https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/search/label/stereograph  

 

Enjoy the views!

 

 

Contrails in the cloud

Four flew by

Jet airplanes on their way to somewhere flew through these cirrocumulus stratiformis clouds.  The airplanes are long gone; their contrails remain in the clouds as visible reminders of their passage.

Covey of clouds

 

Clowd of clouds

Clouds are clouds  - these have iridescence and crepuscular rays, both in one formation. 

 

 

Cloudy iridescence

 

Thin clouds of ice crystals

Thin clouds with small and uniformly-shaped ice crystals passing close to the sun diffract the sunlight and produce iridescence.  

 

 

A train of clouds

The intensity of the irisation increases as the clouds get nearer to the sun.  The clouds on the left are about 10 degrees away from the sun.  As this formation moves to the left, the clouds on the right will soon get to show off their pastel colors.

 

 

Three setting suns

The cold clouds of a passing weather front afford the sight of three suns setting.

 

Close to the horizon

The sun dogs on either side of the sun are caused by the refraction of the sunlight through the ice crystals in the clouds.   These parhelia are approximately 22 degrees to either side of the sun.  The red is closest to the sun with the blue to the outside.

 

For the stereogrammers,

 

At sunset in 3d

 

this sundog scene is presented as a relaxed view stereograph.

  

Contrail in the front

 

There is an airplane there

This twin jet engine aircraft is transiting from the clear skies of a cold front for the cloudier ones of the warm front. 

 

 

Visible in silhouette

Having entered the warm front, the contrail from the jet plane began getting longer.

 

 

Louder than wetter

 

Looks ominous but not

Hot day clouds make a break as they approach cooler bay waters. They passed-by with sustained peals of thunder and heat lightning but very little rain.

 

Dark rays of light

 

Storm to come

 

On a sunny afternoon, spectacular crepuscular rays emanate from dark clouds, foreshadowing the developing hailstorm.

 

Foggy fireworks

Fireworks will usually be fired even if the weather may not be exactly perfectly clear.  These aerial shells were lifted high enough to go off in the low level clouds.  

 

Fireworks 12

 

Fireworks 13

 

 

Fireworks 14

 

Fireworks 15

 

Fireworks 16

 

Fireworks 17

 

Fireworks are not often seen like this.

 

 

Sun dog in the clouds

 

Sun dog and halo in 3d

The clouds from a distant tropical storm do not prevent a sun dog and halo from being seen through their haze.

This parhelion is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.  

 

 

 

Rays on the water

 

Late afternoon stereogram

 

Haze and clouds create crepuscular rays as the sun heads towards the western horizon.  This sun-setting sight is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Hot day clouds

 

Afternoon clouds

The afternoon's heat raises clouds but no rain.  This cloud-ee scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

 

Irisation revealed

Colorful clouds

These ice crystal laden clouds revealed their iridescence and irisation as they come closer to the afternoon sun.

More Irisation

With the sun setting below them, these thin clouds of ice crystals became more and more iridescent as they became less and less.

Iridescent clouds, earlier

The same clouds, a few minutes later, moving from the southwest:

Iridescent clouds, later

The irisation of these ice crystal clouds increased as they faded away to nothing.

More irisation here.  

Colors in the clouds

Irisation pastels

Sunlight diffracted by the thin clouds reveals the pastel colors of cloud iridescence caused by the small and uniform sized ice crystals within.

Evening parhelion

Just before sunset

Ice crystal laden clouds in the western sky precipitated a sun dog at sunset; the still waters reflect the rainbow.

Corn clouds

Stormy corn field

Colliding weather fronts create ominous clouds over the corn field; no rain fell. 

Blown away

Storm clouds ahead 

The top of a distant storm cloud gets blown away by high level winds.

Wind riffle

Rippled water and clouds 

A wind riffle on the water reflects the dark clouds above it.