Red Clouds ~ Cause & Effect

I love Facebook! This blog has a feed through Facebook's Networked Blogs, so immediately after posting, it is pulled by Facebook and voila... the blog is available for anyone to read! So, yesterday's post about the Red Clouds was visible and a very good friend of mine, Doug Banks, who is a photographer out of Canada replied to the post. Now, keep in mind that he is not a meteorologist, but he did have an explanation for the red clouds, and it sounds good to me, so I'm going to share it with everyone else!

"During the early morning, late evening, the sun is at a steep angle and hits the side of the earth and bounces up. The red clouds must be because of the angle of the earth and the amount of aerosol in the atmosphere. In Canada we have a saying: Red sky at night ~ Sailors delight! Red sky in the morning ~ Sailors Warning!"

Thank you Doug for making sense of this subject! This was my first time to ever see Red Clouds, and I certainly couldn't explain it!

Should anyone out there have a different explanation for the cause and effect of Red Clouds, please feel free to leave a comment!

Fire in the Sky ~

One evening last week, while sitting in my office at home and chatting away with a friend on Facebook, I heard the rumble of thunder and took a quick glimpse outside to see if it had started raining yet. Much to my surprise, instead of rain, I saw RED clouds! I had never seen anything like this before and I got back on "Chat" and told my friend what I was seeing. Being a photographer himself he wrote "Get pictures! I'll be here!" I grabbed the first camera within reach, inserted a memory card, and ran outside. I took 2 pictures before realizing that my lens had fogged up. As I attempted to clear my lens the rain began. I was feeling a bit defeated, went back to my computer and uploaded the pics. I was stunned to find that I had captured the image of the RED clouds! This was something I had never seen before and my friend on Facebook even commented that most people would never believe that I didn't photoshop the pics. Of course, people will believe whatever they want to believe, but I am posting this photo today anyway. I think it's an excellent example of the beauty that mother nature has given us.