By John Cross
The Free Press
September 01, 2008 12:10 am
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Way back in the 1960s, Judy Collins sang of clouds as “rows and floes of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air.”
Is there anyone out there who hasn’t sprawled in the grass and gazed skyward at what Collins referred to as “feathered canyons,” daydreaming at the changing forms and varying colors as they sweep across the sky on a summer breeze?
From purely a meteorological viewpoint, clouds are merely condensed masses of moisture. But they also are a window into the varying moods of nature, particularly in Minnesota with its veritable theater of seasons.
And against the blank, blue canvas of a summer sky, an ever-changing seasonal art show free for the viewing.
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Clouds catch the last warm rays of the setting sun. The Free Press
The wind-swept anvil tops of storm clouds hold the promise of a drink of rainfall for a Nicollet County cornfield. The Free Press
A “feathered canyon” of forming storm clouds is back lit by the sun. The Free Press