Extraordinary Clouds Paperback – June 26, 2009

All the wide varieties of clouds, and their stunning portraits, make this book a real treasure. I just wish it was a larger format.Once you get a look at it, you'll agree. As a member of The Cloud Appreciation Society, I feel these gorgeous, beautifully executed photos deserve a place in my (growing) library of the firmament.If you are a newly acquainted sky-gazer, you'll find much at which to marvel and appreciate, as clouds are seemingly commonplace and unworthy of notice (unless you're getting rained on) and usually taken for granted. Introduce yourself to the delight of being a kid again, and wondering at the marvelous shapes, types and origins of the clouds for the price of merely looking up. The wealth of both familiar and bizarre formations and their explanations makes for a fun, enlightening and utterly lovely book.Buy this if you're into clouds. Buy this if you're not, and you will be!

A lot of beautiful pics! Spectacular! Some even scary! This book makes a wonderful gift to someone who has no interest in the sky or the clouds. It'll stimulate that person's interest in both art and science! And it's also a wonderful gift to someone who already has a strong interest in the sky and the clouds. A wonderful reference for some of the more strange and exotic cloud formations!

This is a spectacular and beautiful look at clouds. Very educational and totally fantastic as a coffee table book too. I am an artist, and use it for painting design and reference. Incredible. Nab one if you are able.

I got several books on clouds to prepair a lesson on clouds sign posts in the sky. All books I received had some unique information on clouds and what their formations tell the pilot about their significence. The books recommended by the FAA have as complete a dissertation of the significance of clouds as the types of weather associated with them. Good information for everyone but most signifisant to the Pilots who fly the weather associated with those clouds.

A fascinating view of nature above us. This book is tour of the shapes that occupy the sky. The brief descriptive paragraphs that accompany each photograph expand the value of each image. This is the ideal book to slowly page through of a cloudy winter day. It would be even more remarkable in a larger format.

great hard to find book - small pix tho

I liked the scientific explanation for the cloud formations but the pictures weren't as clear as others I've seen in books. The worst part was the microscopic font. Also, the Forward and Intro were virtually impossible to read without a magnifying glass. White letters on a black background are difficult to read, at best. The printing was also faded in nearly every word on the second page of the Intro. I'm sure cost was the reason for the small book size but a standard font size would really improve the situation.

This book offers a great selection of wondrous clouds of all kinds, extraordinary and fascinating.