{"id":12784,"date":"2019-06-10T06:29:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T10:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12784"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:13:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T22:13:02","slug":"take-5-cloud-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-cloud-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Cloud Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For something that we don’t tend to give much thought, clouds are pretty amazing. Made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, clouds are categorized and named based on their shape and how high they are in the atmosphere. They can be important indicators of shifts in the weather, help protect us from the sun’s intense rays, and are a great source of entertainment\u2014after all, what’s more relaxing on a warm, sunny day than lying in the grass, gazing at cloud formations and trying to spot familiar shapes in their seemingly random formations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five fantastic photos of clouds from our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest, which is now open for submissions<\/a> for 2019. Submit your weather photography or other nature shots now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clouds \u00a9 Karen Gardner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clouds \u00a9 Wendy Wolfberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clouds \u00a9 Nick SJ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clouds \u00a9 Megan O’Leary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clouds \u00a9 Joanne McKinnon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For something that we don’t tend to give much thought, clouds are pretty amazing. Made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, clouds are categorized and named based on their shape and how high they are in the atmosphere. They can be important indicators of shifts in the weather, help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[309,83,84,310],"class_list":["post-12784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-clouds","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography","tag-weather"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/06\/1685WendyWolfberg5865.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3kc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15026,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-ice-art\/","url_meta":{"origin":12784,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Ice Art","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems awfully dark around here these days, doesn't it? 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