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Sunday is picture perfect - the perfect day to look at beautiful pictures. This week’s photo comes from an interesting news article about cloud formations. As always, feel free to send me photos or links to photos you’d like me to post.



These storm clouds don't currently have a name, but meteorologists hope to change that. For more information about the tentatively titled "Asperatus" cloud, Read More.


From the article in the UK's Mail Online...

These clouds, whipped into fantastical shapes, hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm. But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognized with a name. They have been seen all over Britain in different forms - from Snowdonia to the Scottish Highlands - and in other parts of the world such as New Zealand, but usually break up without producing a storm.

And some experts believe the stormy weather phenomenon deserves its very own classification. Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to make it official by naming it 'Asperatus' after the Latin word for 'rough'. If they are successful, it would be the first variety of cloud formation to be given a new label in over half a century.