#2450 "Hi Cirrus"

The beautiful sunset was from the previous evening (Saturday January 9th, 2021) at 6:00 pm. The Langmuir streaks of cirrus told the story of increasing high level moisture even though we were in the middle of a large ridge of high pressure. The next day would dawn as a milky overcast under the advancing upper warm frontal surface. The blanket of cirrus would keep the temperatures mild overnight. 

I wanted to play a bit of a pun in the title. I was saying "hello" to the cirrus in the sunset painting. The high cloud was probably at 20,000 feet above the ground. 

The hot pinks of the sunset also told another story. The atmosphere is on fire. Our globe is burning. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels levels have been rising steadily as a direct result of human pollution since the industrial revolution. The facts and science are clear. The graphics summarize the history and point to the future. 

In encouraging a green, circular economy as a COVID recovery, I coined the phrase "fossil fools" to describe the bane of the industrial revolution boom. I meant the term to describe groups who employ dishonest methods to perpetuate personal profit from the carbon-based economy while denying the fact and science of climate change. I try to use humour even if it just a pun, to make a point. Progress is seldom achieved by bashing.

In observing and painting this skyscape, it is important to see the sunny side of the weather knowing full well that climate is the long term summation or integral of the conditions we experience every day. COVID has presented the Globe with a final opportunity to start fresh. Leaders can build a green future that benefits all instead of perpetuating the present and subsidizing the carbon-based past. That is what I meant by "fossil fools" and I carefully considered the science while I painted. 

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