You don't need to plan an exotic trip to find beauty and perspective. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Pretor-Pinney calls for us all to stop for a ...

Members of the Cloud Appreciation Society proudly walk around with their heads in the clouds. Founded in 2005, the group — which is comprised of more than 48,000 cloud marvellers and spans 120 ...

Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Clouds entrance kids, but for adults are often metaphors for gloom But he says they are one of the most diverse, evocative, poetic parts of nature. He says scientists puzzled by ...

In 2005, Gavin Pretor-Pinney travelled from England to Australia just to see a cloud. The cloud in question was a volutus, but locals in North Queensland call it ...

Mr. Pretor-Pinney is an author in Somerset, Britain, and the founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. I love the way clouds billow above your head, drift lazily across blue skies and cast fleeting ...

Ten years ago, Gavin Pretor-Pinney decided to rebrand clouds, or what he likes to refer to as the “patron goddesses of idle fellows.” For too long, clouds had been co-opted by bleak expressions like ...

Gavin Pretor-Pinney floated with his cloud book but Tom Fort wonders if he’s in too deep with The Wavewatchers’ Companion A few years ago Gavin Pretor-Pinney had an extraordinary success with his ...

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Watch: ‘Survivor’ contestant jumps into action to help co-competitor with autism ...