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I'm an amateur nature/landscape photographer using these cameras: Sony A 900 and Sony A700. Lens include: 24-70 mm Sony Zeiss, 70-300 G mm Sony, 500 mm Sony Reflex, 16-80 mm Zeiss Sony, 170-500 mm Sigma lens, and a Minolta 100 mm macro lens. I capture images in RAW and process them using Photoshop CS3, Photomatix Pro, and Nik Software.

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Cirrus Spissatus
Friday, 10 October, 2008

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Cirrus Spissatus

My image of a cirrus spissatus cloud was on the cover of the Quantas Air inflight magazine in September.

Sometimes cumulonimbus clouds develop an 'anvil' formation on top of them. If the anvil gets blown off or if the cumulonimbus gets rained out leaving only the anvil, it becomes a unique type of cloud called a cirrus spissatus.

I photographed this cirrus spissatus at 30,000 feet over the east coast of the U.S. The setting sun turned the clouds and landscape a golden yellow.
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