under-clouds

Updated: May 1, 2025

Sometimes they develop what are called "mares' tails," small cloud-forms here and there against a heavy background, that look like the stroke of a brush, or the streaming tail of a charger. Sometimes a few under-clouds will be combed and groomed by the winds or other meteoric agencies at work, as if for a race.

John Burroughs - Locusts and Wild Honey