Product Description

Discover the amazing and unexpected world of clouds with this inspiring collection of images. Richard Hamblyn offers a selection of some of the most startling and unusual cloud formations, from the uniform streaks of 'cloud streets' to the odd bulbous 'lenticularis' that are commonly mistaken for UFOs. Each amazing photograph will be accompanied by Hamblyn's entertaining and informative explanation of how the cloud was formed and the conditions in which a similar one might occur. The images chosen use satellite photography of clouds from above as well as ground-based pictures and the collection demonstrates the most unexpected and seemingly impossible patterns that can be created by the natural cyles of the weather.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4450 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
Packed full of stunning photographs. --New Scientist

'An inspiring collection of images of some of the most startling and unusual cloud formations...entertaining and informative explanations' --Western Morning news

About the Author
Richard Hamblyn is the author of The Cloud Book (D&C 2008) and The Invention of Clouds (Picador 2002), for which he was awarded the 2002 LA Times Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2002 Samuel Johnson Prize. He is currently Writer in Residence at the Environment Institute at UCL and lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Clouds of the unexpected
This is an amazing collection of photographs of the most unusual and strange-looking clouds you will ever see, from hovering pink UFOs, odd-looking wave clouds, vast vertical stacks and enormous horizontal rolls, to the truly bizarre man-made clouds formed by aircraft travelling at high speed (such as the weird sonic-boom cloud, or the twisted ribbons of cloud that can form in the wake of a propellor's blades). Complete with witty and informative captions, this book is a treat for cloud-lovers everywhere, as well as for anyone else who wonders what on earth is going on above our heads...

interesting cloud formations
A very useful book for the amateur meteorologist, also for active members of the cloud appreciation society

Extraordinary Clouds
Extraordinary Clouds: Skies of the Unexpected from Bizarre to Beautiful

Fascinating variety of phenominum. Excellent photography from surprising directions.