Cumulus congestus clouds are characteristic of unstable areas of the atmosphere which are undergoing convection. They are often characterized by sharp outlines and great vertical development. Because they are produced by (and primarily composed of) strong updrafts, they are typically taller than they are wide.They are an intermediate stage between cumulus mediocris and cumulonimbus.
https://whatsthiscloud.com/cloud-species/congestus/
Convection is the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/convection
I looked up at the breathtaking beauty on the horison. There was no escapism. The cloud transformed and quickly started rising. The unstable concoction of our daily nightmare started to take its toll and I eventually gave up. I let the red cloud go its way: upwards, upwards, upwards……until it suddenly broke up into remnants of its once spectacular stature and beauty – into the heavens above. Everything. My dream disappeared within a second, and once again, I could not breathe. I was trapped. Nowhere to go. But needed to go. For his sake and mine. There was no options. What was there was suddenly taken away cruelly.
The smoke cloud billows from the strong, but fragile, interlaced steel structure. There is an unstoppable force from beneath. I dumbfoundedly stare at the screen. The church is on fire. The spire of this sacred place I have often visited and adored is going up in flames. Gone. Forever. I cry as the fire swept upwards from my beautiful Notre Dame – the sacred lady is bleeding as I cry tears for her memories and mine. They were good. But gone: forever.
“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
– Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl
In the wake of tragedy, I was reminded that familiar buildings can burn, todays and yesterdays can pass, but the people we shared the travels and memories with is what makes today bearable, and hopefully tomorrows last.
Celestial Limininality 