Wordless Wednesday – Mares’ Tails

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Eliza Waters
cirrus uncinus clouds
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46 Responses to Wordless Wednesday – Mares’ Tails

  1. Audrey Driscoll's avatar Audrey Driscoll says:
    October 1, 2024 at 11:12 pm

    Wings and wisps. The caption prompted me to look up the different types of cirrus clouds; didn’t know there were so many!

  2. Mark Lanesbury's avatar Mark Lanesbury says:
    October 2, 2024 at 12:16 am

    I love them, like a caress to the soul. Thank you kind lady 🤗❤️🙏

  3. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    October 2, 2024 at 2:15 am

    There are strong winds high up!

    • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
      October 2, 2024 at 12:13 pm

      Yes, these range 20-25K ft. up where it is quite cold. I saw quite a few large ones like this last week. I think they might have been from the effect of Hurricane Helene pushing the atmosphere ahead of it, but I am no expert.

  5. Dale's avatar Dale says:
    October 2, 2024 at 6:45 am

    So beautiful! Like we could run our fingers through and along them.

  6. Steve Schwartzman's avatar Steve Schwartzman says:
    October 2, 2024 at 7:01 am

    Who doesn’t love wispy clouds? I pursued the Latin word uncinus:

    “Translated from latin meaning hook, the ‘uncinus’ cloud species is found only in the cirrus cloud type. No other cloud type besides a cirrus cloud can be classified as uncinus.”

  7. shoreacres's avatar shoreacres says:
    October 2, 2024 at 7:06 am

    I learned to call them ‘mares’ tails’ from my midwestern grandmother. I learned to love them as a sign of fair weather somewhat later!

  8. Alice's avatar Alice says:
    October 2, 2024 at 7:19 am

    …it look like an angel…

  9. Laurie Graves's avatar Laurie Graves says:
    October 2, 2024 at 8:01 am

    Galloping across the sky!

  10. treahmoon's avatar treahmoon says:
    October 2, 2024 at 8:03 am

    Rain’s a-comin’ !

  12. neihtn2012's avatar neihtn2012 says:
    October 2, 2024 at 9:22 am

    Wow! What a mare! Wonderful shot!

  15. Tina's avatar Tina says:
    October 2, 2024 at 1:21 pm

    Wispy wins the day! Great capture, Eliza!

  16. Debbie's avatar Debbie says:
    October 2, 2024 at 2:40 pm

    Lovely! I’ve always been a fan of looking skyward!

  17. krispeterson100's avatar krispeterson100 says:
    October 2, 2024 at 4:07 pm

    Such a pretty display! I haven’t seen them here in quite some time. One one occasion, though, they appeared shot with color, which I understand is caused by ice crystals.

    https://krispgarden.blogspot.com/

  18. tomwhelan's avatar tomwhelan says:
    October 2, 2024 at 9:14 pm

    Pretty cloud formations, nicely spotted and captured.

  19. automatic gardener's avatar automatic gardener says:
    October 3, 2024 at 7:59 am

    I love to look for shapes in the clouds.

  20. belindagroverphotography's avatar belindagroverphotography says:
    October 3, 2024 at 9:20 pm

    You captured some lovely cloud patterns!

  21. denisebushphoto's avatar denisebushphoto says:
    October 4, 2024 at 10:55 am

    NICE! I haven’t seen any mare’s tails around here lately. Maybe more so in the winter?

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