‘The Cloud Appreciation Society’ is located in the UK and is run by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. It boasts 12,623 members living in 63 countries. TCAS website was one of the Yahoo Search Finds of The Year winners in 2005.

Here’s an excerpt from TCAS manifesto:

Clouds are so commonplace that their beauty is often overlooked. They are for dreamers and their contemplation benefits the soul. Indeed, all who consider the shapes they see in them will save on psychoanalysis bills. And so we say to all who’ll listen: Look up, marvel at the ephemeral beauty, and live life with your head in the clouds!

This site has a mindboggling gallery of cloud photos, cloud paintings, cloud poetry, a section on clouds that look like things, a discussion area, and much, much more! I’ve had my head in the clouds ever since i discovered this site.

Seattle has a reputation for being a city that gets rained on a lot. Believe it or not, Seattle is a quite a bit drier than New York City. Seattle receives about 36 inches annually to New York City’s 45 inches. And yet New York City is not generally thought of as a city that gets a lot of rain. Why?

I shot the cloud photos in this post in Seattle, Washington, USA, in April, 2008, from the Kerry Park Viewpoint on West Highland Drive. Obviously, not all the clouds that pass over Seattle are rain clouds!

Note: Kerry Park is one of Seattle’s favorite viewpoints. On a clear day you’ll be treated to ever changing cloud formations (which is reason enough to visit the viewpoint) and unobstructed views of the Space Needle , Mount Rainier and Elliott Bay with its busy ship and ferry traffic.