About the Omarsea Crew

We are the Trefethens. After 10 years of planning we decided to sell our home and buy a sailboat. In November 2007 we departed Portland Oregon for the Virgin Islands and our 50 foot sloop the OMARSEA. Our three children Ben, Juli and Steve are enjoying the benefits of being homeschooled. Join us on our continuing adventures as we explore the East coast of America on the way to New Zealand.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Collecting Clouds 101

Cloud Collecting

When you look up in the sky what do you see? Birds,the Sun and sometimes the moon, air ships but mostly the cloud's. The sky skyscrapers of the heaven’s, the mother of rain, the birth of a hurricane.
 When we look up we see God's fluffy pillows zooming around the sky changing shape and size.
I some time's think it's a angel hotel where angel's rest after helping us people on earth.
Life is full of surprises and cloud's are one of them. It could be a peaceful cloud.  But then it swell's up with rain and causes a down pour. Thus spread’s life nectar,water.. And the water start's the system over. The water in the ocean evaporates and creates a cloud and then the cloud builds up water and then when it has bitten of more then it can chew, it dump's water right below it. If that water is on land then it is used for drinking some time's. But most time's it evaporates back into the sky.

More to the point ,clouds can be collected. I know it sounds nuts. But take a photo and you might have found a rare cloud. You might want to take film of it to just in case your  cloud collecting rivals don't believe you. Some clouds are so rare that you may only see them once in your life time. Like the Kelvin-Hlemholtz instability cloud.
To start your collection you must look up into the clouds so you must go outside. Yes I said the dreaded teen word ''outside". Some cloud's are wonders by them selves. Others need help from different clouds to look good. Your collection will grow if you go out side more often. On the trip down from Florida I collected some 30 different clouds. My number one favorite cloud is the Kelvin Helmholtz cloud. It looks like ocean waves cresting in the sky. My next favorite is the 22 degree Halo. It appeared as a rainbow around the moon one night. I am looking to collect the Horse Shoe Vortex, a very short lived rare cloud.

Good luck to finding your clouds and completing your cloud collection. I will post more blog's, good by until I wright again.
Steve

1 comment:

  1. Shouldn't Ben be the one "Wrighting?" Just kidding! I wanted to write and say how much I love your blog! Keep posting and have fun (and safe!) adventures!

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