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Cummulus (Ciro Najle) - 

Najle says crochet is the perfect medium for representing fractal structures because its surfaces can be subdivided again and again by varying the length of neighbouring crochet lines. This can create the necessary curvature for cumulus clouds, in much the same way that crochet has been used to represent the hyperbolic surfaces of corals.

Translating this complexity into cloud art involved a serious amount of mathematics. The sculpture comprises crocheted squares, each of which has an individual pattern modelled by Najle, who generated 1664 different diagrams pinpointing the intersections of the woollen strands, the crochet knots that are key to its structure. It took a team of nearly 40 crochet craftswomen in Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina just over a week to make the panels, which were then sewn together into larger sections to form the glorious whole.

via CultureLab

Gemini V (S65-45576_G05-H: Clouds southeast of Madagascar)

via March to the Moon

Gemini VII (S65-63788_G07-H: Sunset, note cloud layers in red)

via March to the Moon

Gemini VII (S65-63722_G07-H: Clouds at twilight)

via March to the Moon

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These images are not real snapshots nor are they particularly accurate; they are mosaics created from geostationary weather satellite images. The times of the source images may differ by several hours since they are only available at limited times during the day. The cloud maps are not calibrated or carefully geolocated. They are only meant to make the earth look pretty!

Google Earth Visualization » Live Global Clouds for Google Earth, via Felix

photo taken with the globe and Buzz Lightyear aerial photography rig (still with lunar eclipse)

via English Russia

Inspector Cumulus (Christian Nauck), from the Drawing Cumulus contest

via TOYSREVILs

cloud noir

Twitter Forecast

via Noisy Decent Graphics

Pyramid raindrops fall from bubbly clouds around a conical pine tree in this transparent 3D version of the local landscape, reminding us that being surrounded by beauty and creativity is one of the best qualities Portland has to offer. (designed by Jaclyn Campanaro)

via Tender Loving Empire

type clouds created with a foam printer

(via Gizmodo)