Organization:Cloud Appreciation Society
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gavin Pretor-Pinney |
| Type | Fan club |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Location |
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Membership | 60 thousand |
Official language | English |
| Publication | The Cloudspotter's Guide |
| Website | www |
The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and has over 60,000 members from 120 countries, as of September 2023[update].
Yahoo! named the society's website as "the most weird and wonderful find on the internet for 2005".[1] The group and its founder were the focus of a BBC documentary Cloudspotting, based on Pretor-Pinney's book The Cloudspotter's Guide.[2] During an episode of Taskmaster, comedian Hugh Dennis revealed he is a member of the society.[3]
In 2017, the Cloud Appreciation Society was credited with adding the Asperitas classification of cloud to the World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas.[4]
See also
- "Both Sides, Now"
- Cloudscape (art)
- Cloudscape photography
References
- ↑ Simons, Paul; Alan Hamilton (27 Jan 2006). "No blue-sky thinking here". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article720692.ece. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ↑ "Cloudspotting". BBC Four. British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k99th. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ↑ "Hollowing Out a Baguette". Taskmaster. Season 4. Episode 3. 9 May 2017. Dave.
- ↑ Rossman, Sean. "We officially have new cloud types for the first time in decades" (in en-US). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/24/look-up-first-new-clouds-30-years/99574628/.
External links
- Article from Times Online
- The New York Times : "The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community," May 8, 2016
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