It looks like the end of the world out there but it’s only Asperitas.
I look out of the window and I know something seriously weird is happening.
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-4011-725x484.jpg)
It looks like the end of the world is brewing.
I trot outside with my camera and the intensity of the cloud formations is something I’ve not seen here before. It looks as if it ought to be Kansas, not Orkney.
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-3986-725x484.jpg)
All the clouds here have hard edges as if whoever has drawn them has yet to smooth them out.
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-3974-725x484.jpg)
I look back at Einar and am struck by how different the clouds are in that direction:
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-3987-725x408.jpg)
Is there a storm brewing? Will I get soaked before I get back to the house? Will aliens appear? Am I in a science fiction movie?
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-2-725x484.jpg)
I’m told by my Facebook friend Iona that they are asperitas clouds.
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-725x408.jpg)
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-7-1-725x484.jpg)
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-1-2-725x725.jpg)
They are awe-inspiring.
![Clouds on Westray - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-21-725x484.jpg)
What a day to be alive and stare at the sky.