Clouds and Sky 2025

Most recent are at the top: Click photo for a larger version.

Mountain lee wave clouds (not 2025, but excellent video).

Garnet fire GOESatellite imagery from 9/7/2025. (GIF image made at COD).

Hot air balloon lit up by its fire at the Reno balloon races on 9/6/2025. Sunrise and 12Z sounding.

Cumulonimbus cloud east of Reno on 9/5/2025. The lightning was obtained after sunset and is partially blocked by a cloud.

Rainbow 24 Aug 2025 19:24 LDT from NW Reno. The right photo was taken with a polarizer in front of the camera lens. Alexander's dark band is noticeable between the primary and secondary rainbow. The primary shows supernumary arcs.

Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Cloud 22 Aug 2025 13:57 LDT Reno UNR campus. A distant Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Mountain Wave cloud is on the bottom left.

Cirrus uncinus clouds "Curly hooks" on 22 Aug 2025 around 11:00 LDT near Rancho San Rafael Park.