25 Sublime HDR Sky, Weather and Cloud Photos

By Ecoist in Geography & Travel, Nature & Ecosystems, Science & Research

(Images via: Dean Souglass, Joisey Showaa and Bob Jagendorf)

The type, shape and color of clouds can actually tell a great deal about what is going on within them, what time of day it is as well as what they portend for the near future of local weather systems. From bright blue sunny skies and other amazing air phenomena and formations to multicolored thunderclouds and chilling airborne disasters and weather patterns, multiple-exposure HDR photography of the sky can capture many amazing sky colors and cloud formations that are otherwise difficult to shoot.

(image via JdeePanIII)

When it comes to air photography the most prominent interplay is between cloud and air. While many shots show a beautiful range of whites and blues, what we think of as the traditional colors of the sky, some photographers have managed to capture the other colors in the rainbow – often when there is an intersection of weather systems and some kind of storm on the horizon. Click to enlarge:

Thunder Storm Showers HDR Photo

Oncoming Storm HDR Photo

Rolling Clouds HDR Photo

Sky Clouds from Airplane HDR Photo

Complete Cloud Cover HDR Photo

Red Purple Storm Clouds HDR Photo

Blanket of Clouds HDR Photo

Ruins Sky Clouds HDR Photo

People Sky Clouds HDR Photo

Jet Contrail Cloud HDR Photo

Whirling Winds Clouds HDR Photo

Sky Park Clouds HDR Photo

Reflection Land Sky HDR Photo

Dark Cloud Sky HDR Photo

Clouds Lake Water Sky HDR Photo

Clouds over Landscape HDR Photo

Multicolored Sunset HDR Photo

Field Clouds Crops HDR Photo

Storm Coming HDR Photo

Flying Between Clouds

Top of the World HDR Photo

Rainbow in the Sky HDR Photo

Cloud Dark Menacing HDR Photo

This concludes week four of a four-week four-elements series, including amazing air phenomena and formations and chilling airborne disasters and weather patterns.