The Cloud Appreciation Society is a
society
A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ...
founded by
Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the
United Kingdom
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in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of
cloud
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles, suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may ...
s, and has over 60,000 members from 120 countries, .
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named the society's website as "the most weird and wonderful find on the internet for 2005". The group and its founder were the focus of a
BBC
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documentary ''Cloudspotting'', based on Pretor-Pinney's book ''The Cloudspotter's Guide''. During an episode of
''Taskmaster'', comedian
Hugh Dennis
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revealed he is a member of the society.
In 2017, the Cloud Appreciation Society was credited with adding the
Asperitas classification of cloud to the
World Meteorological Organization
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's
International Cloud Atlas
The ''International Cloud Atlas'' or simply the ''Cloud Atlas'', is a cloud atlas that was first published in 1896 and has remained in print since. Its initial purposes included aiding the training of meteorologists and promoting more consisten ...
.
See also
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Cloudscape (art)
In art, a cloudscape is the depiction of a view of clouds or the sky. Usually, as in the examples seen here, the clouds are depicted as viewed from the earth, often including just enough of a landscape to suggest scale, orientation, weather con ...
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Cloudscape photography
References
External links
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Article from Times Online* ''
The New York Times
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'':
The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community" May 8, 2016
Clouds
2005 establishments in the United Kingdom
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