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Wednesday in Málaga Alyson, Nick, and I saw the most amazing (to us) cloud formations that we thought looked like flying saucers. By the time we got in a position at the port of Málaga to get an unobstructed view of the largest one, the sun had set further and the colors and definition were no longer so vivid. I’m glad I caught one before we continued walking. It turns out they’re called lenticular clouds, which you may have already known. All I had to do was search “clouds that look like flying saucers.” If you aren’t familiar, check out this Wikipedia link. I wouldn’t dare attempt to explain it myself (nor could I). Since I’m sharing these clouds, I thought I’d share some other cloud photos I’ve collected in recent days.
My throat is still a bit sore and I’m still coughing, although I’m enormously better than before. Tynan and Elena will be here around 10 this morning. We are so excited to see them. Nothing to do with clouds, but I’ve shared a photo of the coffee-chocolate flan San Geraldo picked up for us at the supermarket the other day. It came in a tin just like some of the pâté treats the cats receive. Dudo heard SG opening the first tin and came running. When he saw the tin in his hands, and what came out of it, he was even more convinced it was for him. He even followed SG out of the kitchen. So, of course, he got his own tin which of course meant Moose did, too. It might have been salmon flan. The episode made it difficult for us to enjoy our flan. All we could think of was cat food.
El miércoles en Málaga Alyson, Nick, y yo vimos unas formaciones de nubes increíbles (para nosotros), que nos parecieron platillos voladores. Para cuando llegamos al puerto de Málaga y pudimos disfrutar de una vista sin obstáculos del number más grande, el sol ya se había puesto y los colores y la definición ya no eran tan intensos. Me alegro de haber visto una antes de seguir caminando. Resulta que se llaman nubes lenticulares, algo que quizá ya sepas. Solo tuve que buscar “nubes que parecen platillos voladores”. Si no las conoces, consulta este enlace de Wikipedia. No me atrevería a explicarlo yo mismo (ni podría). Ya que estoy compartiendo estas nubes, pensé en compartir otras fotos de nubes que he recopilado estos últimos días.
Todavía me duele un poco la garganta y sigo tosiendo, aunque estoy muchísimo mejor que antes. Tynan y Elena estarán aquí sobre las 10 de la mañana. ¡Tenemos muchísimas ganas de verlas! No tiene nada que ver con las nubes, pero compartí una foto del flan de café y chocolate que San Geraldo nos compró en el supermercado el otro día. Venía en una lata, igual que algunas de las golosinas de paté que reciben los gatos. Dudo oyó a SG abrir la primera lata y vino corriendo. Cuando vio la lata en sus manos y lo que salió de ella, se convenció aún más de que era para él. Incluso siguió a SG fuera de la cocina. Así que, por supuesto, se llevó su propia lata, lo que significaba que Moose también. Podría haber sido flan de salmón. El episodio nos dificultó disfrutar de nuestro flan. Solo podíamos pensar en comida para gatos.
• En el puerto.
• Luego de cruzar regresamos al centro de la ciudad.
• Desde la terraza una mañana.
• Desde la terraza otra mañana.
• Una vista desde el tren el miércoles.
• El puente romano sobre el río Guadalquivir aquí en Córdoba.
• Flan de café y chocolate. No es comida para gatos. Al menos creo que este era el flan de café y chocolate.
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I was a bit confused when you said a flan came out of a tin…..in UK it is a pastry based open tart, often with an egg based filling!
Frances
Frances:
Spanish and Latin American flan has no crust. I’ve never had UK-style flan. That’s of French origin, isn’t it?
Those cloud photos are amazing. There is something about clouds that just make me sit and stare at them.
Michael:
As you can tell, it’s the same for me.
I know the Spanish type flan. The British one sounds like pumpkin pie!
Lovely clouds. I used to exchange cloud pictures with a friend on the opposite coast. Our skies tended to be more complex, maybe more humidity or wind or something. Boud
Boud:
Flan with crust does sound like pie. Now that you mention it, I don’t remember the same dramatic cloud formations when we lived in California.
I’ve never seen lenticular clouds but wow, they do look like a UFO! And yeah, that flan does look like moist cat food. In the case of both the clouds’ and the flan’s resemblances, “once seen, cannot be unseen.”
Debra:
The first stating of that layered, swirled cloud stunned us and concerned us. Dudo made it difficult to enjoy that flan.
I think you and I share a love of clouds. And an appreciation. Looking up is always a good idea. There is so much going on in the sky that we so often miss.
Coffee/chocolate flan sounds very good but you’re right- it does look a tiny bit too much like what we feed our cats. Maurice just had her own salmon flan and seemed to enjoy it very much.
Mary, Queen of the Obvious
Mary, Queen of Everything:
The coffee/chocolate flan was only OK, especially thanks to Dudo. Looking up helps one’s mood, too. My father used to say, ”Look up when you walk. You always have your heads hanging staring at the ground.” We were walking home from the beach one day and Dale stepped on someone’s dropped ice cream cone. My father muttered, “Why the hell don’t you look where you’re walking?!” I said, “She was looking UP!”
Thanks a lot, Dad.
Clouds are wonderful creations/formations! Quite a variety you have captured recently.
Yummy flan.
Jim:
I had to thin out my photo choices. I have too many clouds. The flan was, sadly, only alright.
Makes me want to watch Independence Day again. Maybe sing Both Sides Now. I love the one with the mountains/hills and ombre sky. So peaceful.
Deedles:
I want to hear you sing Both Sides Now!
No, you don’t, Scoot. If you like the sound of cats yowling off key in decidedly feminine bass tones, then maybe you would enjoy it. I wouldn’t recommend it though.
Deedles:
I DO like the sound of cats yowling off key. Send vídeo!
I think “lenticular clouds” is science speech for “hide the alien ships.”
Bob:
I’ll bet it is! It’s a conspiracy.
I’ve always loved clouds, but especially so since I took ground school when getting my pilot’s license. Wonderful photos! (even the cat-foodish flan)
Kelly:
I had never heard of ground school and had to look it up.
I’ve seen those clouds over the Costa as well (nowhere else) – it must be something to do with the curve of the coast as the Fuengirola-Benalmadena-Torremolinos-Malaga bit meets the Rincon de la Victoria-Torre del Mar-Nerja section, and how the wind from the Med and the mountains converge in the middle.
What we all really want to know, however, is – did you feel the earthquake??!! Jx
PS Flan or flan? You say “tomato”, and I say “that stuff out of a tin looks singularly unappetising”…
Jon:
We did not feel the earthquake but our friends a few minutes away did. How odd. And it was off the coast of Fuengirola!
Your blog has turned scientific, lenticular, reminds me of lentils. Never knew the name of such clouds, now
I know. Lovely photos as always.
larrymuffin:
That’s me, the science guy. Thanks.
Disguising one’s flying saucer/transport as a lenticular cloud seems like something extraterrestrials would do. Just saying.
Shirley:
The advanced cultures on other planets are astounding.
Did you like the chocolate flan? A student of mine made chocolate flan for a class treat, and I didn’t care for it much. Maybe with the coffee flavor added, I would? I just couldn’t get past the idea of chocolate with egg.
Judy C:
I don’t really like Mexican flan. I do like Spanish flan, but this wasn’t up to snuff. SG’s chocolate cake has lots of egg… just saying.
Was your cat food good?
Love,
Janie
janiejunebug:
Dudo would tell you ours sucked.
As long as you didn’t beamed up and probed. Great clouds. As long as the flan does not smell fishy.
David,
Some would disagree about the probing.
The first time I witnessed boundary clouds like that, I thought it was the Mother Ship from “Independence Day” coming in for a landing!
Rade:
I read that boundary clouds aren’t the same thing. Not that i know what boundary clouds are.
I have seen pictures of lenticular clouds but never in person. Flan in a tin. That’s a new one on me. And yeah, it does look like some of the fancy cat food advertised on tv.
ellen abbott:
The flan looked exactly like the cat pate.
I’ve heard of lenticular clouds and I think I would have known that’s what it was, but I have no idea how they come about and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. I’m glad you took some photos before it dissipated!
I’m also glad poor excited Dudo got some cat food. He would have been so let down otherwise!
Steve:
Dudo was frantic for that flan. Glad SG had something else on offer.