May 4, 2011
I received a photograph this morning from a student name Ryan S. He wrote:
"This is not very science related, I just knew Seymour does photography and decided to upload something. I took this one while on vacation in Florida."
Ryan, thanks for writing and for sharing your excellent photograph. What a magnificent sky! There are three different types of clouds in your photograph. The long, straight thin ones that are closest to the horizon are called stratus clouds. The ones just above them, still long, thin and low in the sky, but a little bit puffy, are strato-cumulous clouds. And the big ones that look like cotton balls high in the sky are cumulus clouds.
I found a good chart, from Web Weather for Kids, that you can use to identify all the different clouds you see. 
Or you could always read my book WEATHER, which includes many of my own photos of clouds.
Thanks for uploading your photo. And you thought it didn’t have anything to do with science!
I love it when students upload photos and videos that we can use on the blog. Do you know how to send me a photograph or a video? It’s easy. When you are on the homepage of the website, look at yellow bar at the very top of the page. Click on the little picture of a TV screen, to the right of where it says "Send us Photos/Video". That will take you to a page that reminds you how to stay safe when you upload photos or videos to the Internet, and then a very simple page that will help you upload your photo, or even record a video on your webcam!
Posted by: Seymour Simon
