lol, I assure you I'm the owner, I've sent you an email. You are correct, this isn't clouds at all, nor have I personally ever claimed it to be clouds. It's actually snow/ice formations which we normally have plenty of here in Minnesota. :o)
Steven Roussos
27-Dec-2013 21:34
Hmmm.... not convinced this is really clouds, likelihood 60% I'd say. There are definitely numerous things that look "wrong" to my eye about the color & shading here as well as morphological aspects. Google Image Search finds alot of reproductions, it's called "Old Man Winter Still Blowing at Your Back", even some posts directly by the supposed photographer "Shirley Haden." However... not ONE of those posts explicitly claims she is the owner/photographer, nor is there one single word on the equipment, nor conditions/location of its capture, something which you can almost always find with such fine quality sky or astro photos. Clearly must have been taken from above if real, but there are no artifacts of it being taken through a plane window. I smell a bowl of Vanilla Sherbet photo superimposed on background clouds! :)
