I have been thinking about things in the natural world with names that share a common attribute. One of those themes is the number of animals, plants, and even clouds, that include the word “tail.” ...
Like brushtrokes in the sky, mare's tail clouds are thin, wispy streaks high in the sky that resemble the flowing tail of a horse. They’re a type of cirrus cloud, forming above 20,000 feet where ...
Like brushtrokes in the sky, mare's tail clouds are thin, wispy streaks high in the sky that resemble the flowing tail of a horse. They’re a type of cirrus cloud, forming above 20,000 feet where ...
Wayne, an avid reader of this column, says he observed an interesting cloud formation yesterday and wants to know if it foretells weather. What he described he called horse’s tail, but it is referred ...
The extraordinary Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall tumbles 200ft from Loch Skeen into the Moffat Water, perhaps mesmerising even the peregrine falcons that nest in the crags around it and little ring ouzels ...