Taking pictures at a Vancouver airport long-time BABloggee Michael Lonergan was, when spotted this odd cloud he did.
When 30,000 feet you reach, look as good you will not.
Too bad this didn’t come out on May the 4th. Of course, the dark side clouds everything…
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May 7th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Yoda is that.
May 7th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
“I saw the little runt sitting there on a log
I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said…”
May 7th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Yoda rules…
May 7th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
…..a jedi craves not these things.
May 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
What’s odd about it? Admittedly I’m an avid cloud spotter, so maybe I’m jaded.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
A sign! Yoda is Lord! Cast away the false god of grilled cheese Jesus!
May 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Would someone explain the Yoda/Star Wars references? I don’t get it…
May 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Maybe only people with the force can spot the resemblance!
May 7th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
George, Yoda was a character in Star Wars. The cloud looks like him.
So let’s see… we’ve had a grey whale visit for the first time in decades… over 300 dolphins sighted in Howe Sound, the first time so many have been here… and now, Master Yoda! Things are looking up!
May 7th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Nation under Yoda, Canada is.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Yoda in the sky with light sabers.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
I just flew in from a galaxy a long time ago and far far away and man are my arms tired.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
The galaxy is not a galaxy just under the christian force, but many forces, strong, weak, electromagnetic, gravity and all the other forces people believe in. Oh wrong post.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Looks more realistic than the Dooku-duelin’ flea-on-crack(tm) Yoda in Ep 2…
May 7th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Pareidolia is awesome!
May 7th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
This looks like a thunderhead forming thunderhead is the term for cloud that causes thunderstorms they are miles high and have a anvil shaped head .And quit picking on Yoda he may be small but hes strong with the Force and a very good with a lightsaber and maybe the best Jedi master.
May 7th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Mike, there were several anvil clouds forming at the time, but did not develop into any thunderstorms.
May 7th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
It’s nice to know Yoda is looking out for us!
May 7th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Feel the force!
–Yoda.
May 7th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
While I see Yoda in there, there is some resemblance to the aliens from Independence Day. All the same, it is amazing what a few odd shapes and some line-of-sight can do!
May 7th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
<3 Yoda
May 7th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
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May 7th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
OMG, I come here to read about astronomy, not clouds resembling green dudes!
(sorry, couldn’t resist…just wondering where all the outraged readers are on this “offtopic” post)
May 7th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
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May 7th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
PareYodalia!
May 7th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
My wife pointed out that cloud to me yesterday as it was hovering over Grouse Mountain. Never expected to see it here!
May 7th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Oh … I see …
Ha … Ha …
May 7th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Epic win!! Force feilds rule!
May 7th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
@ 16. mike burkhart – the correct term for what you are attempting to describe is a cumulonimbus cloud.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
That’s fantastic! The nose down to the chin look almost dead-on.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Clouds Can be Beautiful.. Even the Storm clouds
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3482049910_96b523bb78_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3564641773_76c757cda3_b.jpg
May 7th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Here be more:
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/index.php?x=browse&category=20&pagenum=1
May 7th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Thank you, Sili. I couldn’t get the “May the 4th” reference until your post.
By the way, due to my past religious upbringing, I am unable to hear “May the Force by with you” without mentally adding “and with you also.”
May 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
I think it looks more like Bozo. I’ve taken it as a sign to quit clowning around.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
The Force is all around you, everywhere, yes. Even between you and the cloud.
(No sense of humor you have.)
May 7th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
heh–May the 4th…I get it now. Thanks Sili.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I need the clouds midaclorn count .Thats tell us how storng it is with the force.To a bit off topic I mentioned I liked the Dune novels,now I know Phill might have a few problems with the science in Dune for example “folding space”to go form one star system to another gulid navagaters that because of consuming high amounts of spice keep space craft on the right path thro fold space useing only there minds enhanced be spice .Some speculated Frank Herbert author of Dune was trying to find a new religon I doubt that ,but he did write a good and very different sci fi series(Frank Herbert always denied the reumor about finding a new religon with the Dune series)
May 7th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Yoda?….. Or……Larry Fine!
http://www.threestooges.net/albums/cast/Larry_Fine.jpg
May 8th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Classic!
Wonder if that Yoda cloud sent down force lightning?
(Although being Jedi not Sith probably not.)
May 8th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Clearly it’s manga, people !
May 8th, 2010 at 2:01 am
It looks to me like the big bad wolf wearing a nightcap and pretending to be granny.
May 8th, 2010 at 7:58 am
37. mike burkhart
I have a friend who writes the way you do. Poor punctuation and even worse spelling,,,unfortunately, he’s schizophrenic,,,
Herbert wrote Dune as a cautionary tale of what happens when a leader gets branded with the title Messiah,ie, be prepared for “holy wars” and the destruction of all non-believers.
Yoda is my hero. A little guy that absolutely kicks butt.
Gary 7
May 8th, 2010 at 8:31 am
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May 8th, 2010 at 9:40 am
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My dad took this one it looks like a Warthog
May 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Cool!
My wife and kids had no problem recognizing Master Yoda and they liked it.
Worth to be recognized in the archives of the Facebook profile!
May 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am
My Korean jedi master is Yobo.
May 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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May 8th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Good mentalist jedi trick
May 8th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Awesome was that
May 8th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
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May 8th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
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May 8th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
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May 9th, 2010 at 3:26 am
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May 9th, 2010 at 4:44 am
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May 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
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May 9th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
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May 10th, 2010 at 8:24 am
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May 10th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
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May 13th, 2010 at 10:01 am
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May 17th, 2010 at 9:39 am
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May 11th, 2011 at 8:59 am
HOLY GOD ! Yoda is really real !!!
This is rare photo.. i hope not photoshop.. If not.. its really great
August 9th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Ah, I see, on the right side of the cloud formation. Maybe Yoda’s spirit is trying to tell us something, like Mufasa to Simba.