I love clouds

I love clouds.  There was cloud watching on a lazy summer day long before TV and all these handheld devices  containing games. Back while flying kites, once it was up I would lie on the ground and  feel the tug, then I watched clouds.  They formed and unformed from trees to animals to people to buildings to cartoon characters, etc. Of course some took a stretch of the imagination but some were as clear as a picture.

This was brought to mind by these two pictures I received in an e-mail entitled, "Taken at the right split second."

I have no way of knowing if the above are photoshopped or not. But they would be beautiful to see, and either would be only for a moment or two.  We all know that.

I have always wanted to view the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) but that requires being further north in colder weather. LOL

On the way to Alaska, on the ALCAN Highway, we stopped at Whitehorse for an overnight.  I noticed a 'tourist trap' called "The Northern Lights" so I suggested an evening out. The show was in an solarium setting, seats leaned back and showing a sky. I expected to see a 3D version or at least a movie of the Northern lights, but got neither, I was very disappointed.

Sky and space have always interested me. I wish there had been  astronauts before I quit HS.  Maybe it would have been an incentive to finish school and attend college.  I would love to be an astronaut.  

We made an extra effort to see the lift off with John Glenn aboard as an old man. I loved it.

Now, seeing the above cloud, you might scream Tsunami! Looking can you guess how much that cloud weighs?   Okay an estimate, it is Over a million pounds, or 100 Elephants!  I looked it up!

A strange sky today, note the straight line, this is actually what we saw.  We were on our walk with Stella to catch lightening bugs.     

That straight line was in the sky, I have never seen that before.

Nite Shipslog

Most boys my age will remember the 1957 Studebaker Hawk.  One of the most striking cars of the 1950's.