could be.........i had a volcanic cloud in mind or maybe a burning oil slick ;z

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This is very nice! It does remind me of a volcano =)

thanks Dr.Moony, i do like:).....cheers elly

whoa that's mad and I knew it was yours

great textures!

Yes, I thought volcano, too. I lived in Portland when Mt. Saint Helen's blew so I remember what it looks like from that time. I don't have a TV so haven't seen any images of the Icelandic eruption. Glassy-skied is right...all that silica floating around. It killed my '67 Volkswagen. You would find it in everything for months and months afterward. Nasty stuff but interesting to look at.

Interesting work you do, itchy. I can see volcano, but my first thought was raw wool. Great work. :)
http://www.public.asu.edu/~cftaylo1/images/spinning_wheel/raw.jpg

or maybe 'TheShadow' from Inkheart. though it was blacker.. silica not too good for jet engines either... i imagine wool has silica content.....thnx l,d,t,s i'll have to do a proper referenced one now :)

This is really cool.....I have to agree with suntan.....it makes me think of raw wool also.....:)