5:00pm near campus, looking up.
From Wikipedia:
"The old rhymes "Mackerel sky, not twenty-four hours dry" and "Mares' tails and mackerel scales make lofty ships to carry low sails" both refer to this long-recognized phenomenon [that it will soon rain]." Indeed, this morning it is raining.
Wiki:
"It is sometimes known as a buttermilk sky, particularly when in the early cirrocumulus stage, in reference to the clouds' "curdled" appearance. In France it is sometimes called a ciel moutonné (fleecy sky); and in Spain a cielo empedrado (cobbled sky); in Germany it is known as Schäfchenwolken (sheep clouds), and in Italy the clouds are known as a pecorelle (little sheep)."
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Three days of heavy rain are in the morning forecast, but this scene greeted me at 6:45am. The crescent moon was more spectacular in person than as rendered by the iPhone--with a sparkling Venus nearby. WORTH enlargement!
Have a good day--or evening !
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From Wikipedia:
"The old rhymes "Mackerel sky, not twenty-four hours dry" and "Mares' tails and mackerel scales make lofty ships to carry low sails" both refer to this long-recognized phenomenon [that it will soon rain]." Indeed, this morning it is raining.
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After the storm. . . .
(Worth enlarging. . . .)
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