The Clouds As A Veil

The Clouds As A Veil (from the series: The Secret Life of Clouds)

This particular image was captured from an airplane over Los Angeles, a city that looks an awful lot nicer from the air than it does from the ground. The clouds had littered the sky for the whole journey out of Austin, except when we crossed Arizona and the clouds disappeared beneath the scorching sun. But they reappeared over the Sierras and then they drew back like a veil as we came to the coast.

You can see them here, about to reveal the nakedness of Santa Catalina Island in the distance, as our airplane heads west over Manhattan Beach before turning around to greet the runways of Los Angeles International Airport.