July 11, July 12 and July 14, 2000

July 11

Its been off and on stormy for a while now, so there has been lots of opportunity for thundercloud pictures, some mixed with sunsets. The first series are of a small thunderhead (that never amounted to anything) to the north, showing its colour changes as the sun set.

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In the earlier evening, there were also some clouds to the northeast, that showed the setting sun.

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July 12

These clouds were to the southwest, and were reddish towards the bottom, but still whitish towards the top. Can you spot the moon peeking out?

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July 14

A severe-looking small thunder cloud zoomed overhead this evening. It had some quite interesting patterns on its underside. The lower protrusion was moving very rapidly. The later shots show some parts of the trailing edge that were swirling around as a hole in the cloud developed - there was blue sky just off the edge of a couple of these shots.

	#1 - The cloud approaches from the west. 1280x1024 JPEG (82K) 1024x768 JPEG (41K)		#2 1280x1024 JPEG (70K) 1024x768 JPEG (30K)
	#3 1280x1024 JPEG (67K) 1024x768 JPEG (28K)		#4 - the hole is starting to form. 1280x1024 JPEG (66K) 1024x768 JPEG (27K)
	#5 - the hole is much bigger. 1280x1024 JPEG (76K) 1024x768 JPEG (32K)		#6 - the hole is almost through the cloud. 1280x1024 JPEG (73K) 1024x768 JPEG (33K)