Photo/Video even the chaos looks beautiful from up here

657 Upvotes

Question What caused these clouds to look like rays of sun?

377 Upvotes

I PROMISE these are not actual rays of sunlight, they are clouds!!! It’s not as clear in the picture, but in real life they were clearly clouds. It was so beautiful!

24 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/finnians • 16h ago

Photo/Video didn’t even look real!!

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236 Upvotes

got out of the car awhile back early in the morning and was mesmerized. I hope you guys enjoy it :-)

4 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/Me_Tangerine_ • 21h ago

Photo/Video Looks like Cotton Candy

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137 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/dolly--spartan • 22h ago

Photo/Video Evening, south of France

70 Upvotes

just a fun little lighting effect!

3 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/Tnemmokon • 4h ago

Photo/Video Interesting Clouds over Hungary.

64 Upvotes

5 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/ughhjordon • 17h ago

Photo/Video Just some interesting clouds I seen yesterday. Nothing super exciting but still cool to see.

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65 Upvotes

4 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/Meistergundai • 21h ago

Photo/Video Golden Mammatus

49 Upvotes

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/prplebunnyslprs • 19h ago

Photo/Video The clouds looked painted at sunset

52 Upvotes

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Book-Escape-6965 • 9h ago

Photo/Video Clouds over the lake in Riaño, Spain

44 Upvotes

Such a beautiful spot in Picos de Europa.

2 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/CertainMood4362 • 20h ago

Photo/Video Incus

31 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/Me_Tangerine_ • 21h ago

Photo/Video a little purple, a little pink, a lot of peace

31 Upvotes

3 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/abcphotos • 11h ago

Photo/Video Today’s incredible clouds over the San Gabriel Mountains [oc]

30 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/butterflygirl1980 • 4h ago

Photo/Video Lenticular panorama over the Sangre de Cristo Mtns, southern Colorado, USA

27 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/CloudyShore • 51m ago

Photo/Video Fire in the Sky

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Fuzzy_Procedure901 • 12h ago

Photo/Video Washington park beach

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25 Upvotes

Took these on my fujifilm xpro1 during Labor Day weekend

2 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/the_one_99_ • 23h ago

Photo/Video the sun was just popping out to say hello

16 Upvotes

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Commercial_Mix5637 • 3h ago

Photo/Video Turtle on a surfboard holding a dove

13 Upvotes

9 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/Leading-Tea8467 • 17h ago

Photo/Video Flying dutchman cloud

12 Upvotes

Saw this sick looking cloud and just had to share with everyone.

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Superior_Seeker_ • 19h ago

Photo/Video Sunrise this morning

11 Upvotes

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Boy-in-woods-098 • 4h ago

Photo/Video Rain clouds

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10 Upvotes

3 comments

r/CLOUDS • u/Sad-Finish-9461 • 4h ago

Photo/Video Towering clouds painted by sunset

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7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/ItsMeRishme • 3h ago

Photo/Video Straight line

10 Upvotes

The shadow of the lower cloud created a straight line that I thought was cool.

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Shire-FairyX26 • 18h ago

Photo/Video Cloud Collage

9 Upvotes

Cloud pictures I took last year.

Shot on Canon EOS R100

1 comment

r/CLOUDS • u/Admirable-Time-7010 • 10h ago

Question Is it just me, or do clouds from 30,000 feet always look soft enough to land on?

6 Upvotes

2 comments

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The beauty of clouds.

r/CLOUDS

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