Vermilion Sands
An occasional journal
Cloud of the Day: Cirrostratus radiatus with a dazzling sundog
Jul 27th 2012
The Olympics start today and the sky may be in breach of the rules by its careless use of red blue green yellow and black elements, never mind the flaming torch symbolism.
Cloud of the Evening: Cumulus, Cirrus and more iridescence
Jul 18th 2012
Every cloud has a red, blue and yellow lining
Cloud of the Day: Iridescence
Jul 15th 2012
Admin1 took this lovely picture of iridescent morning cirrus
Critters of the Day: Snails
Jul 10th 2012
Our garden is overrun with billions of these bastards, eating everything in sight and breeding like crazy. They love the wet weather. But the iridescent slime is quite interesting.
Weather of the Day: Rain, then more rain
Jul 6th 2012
30mm of rain in one day, and less than 1kWh from the panels. What a dreadful summer.
Weather of the Day: Rain, then sun
Jul 4th 2012
Blue skies and afternoon sun refracted through raindrops
A lonely little petunia in a union patch
Cloud of the Night: Noctilucent
Jun 25th 2012
Electric blue noctilucent clouds to the north, at about 12:30am. First sighting this year.
Crowd of the Day: Olympic Torch Relay
Jun 24th 2012
Hundreds of people gathered at the end of our street to celebrate Admin1′s birthday, though their view was somewhat spoilt by a procession of police cars, massive wagons filled with corporate cheerleaders for CocaCola, Samsung and LloydsTSB, and a woman in white holding aloft a massive lighter for Admin1′s birthday cake candles
