I received some new pictures from Iowa on 5/11. They have been added to the Iowa section.

Here are some pictures I took on May 8 2008 in Nevada Iowa (Central Iowa). The first pictures were taken at 12:00 p.m. and the sky was a perfect blue, with no clouds in the next hour and a half the sky became completely covered with a thin white layer of clouds.

Please note that on the pictures with the rainbows there were no filters or lenses on my camera, and the rainbow was clearly visible with the naked eye.

May 8 Post
A reader has sent in some great photos from Iowa, they can be found in the picture gallery.

These photos were taken at dusk on May 7, and at sunrise on May 8. The day before (May 6), we had a very strong storm system with high winds. On May 7 & 8 there was very little wind - wondered about the connection. I also checked the doppler radar and online weather reports, and they all reported clear skies for May 8 with no clouds.

This picture was taken on the Washington/Idaho state border June 3 2006. The experts describe it this way clouds must be at least 20,000ft high and the ice crystals within them align horizontally instead of their usual vertical position. The sun also needs to be at least 58 degrees above the horizon.

But does anyone else see what I see in the clouds?

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This image is probably a contrail, given that the exhaust comes out of the jet and the farther back it goes the exhaust cools back down and disappears. This plane is probably poisoning Syria. There is no such thing as a persistent contrail because the heat from the exhaust has to cool to the temperature around it. Its just like your breath on a cold day.