Curious Clouds

[naomi24]

Not a question - I just thought I'd share. Quite amazing!


http://news.sky.com/story/1584869/ufo-clouds-captured-hovering-over-cape-town

[janbee]

Amazing pic. Thanks for that.

[Mamyalynne]

Those are spooky , I have a mixed fascination/fear thing with clouds - I find some very ominous.

No idea why.

[Lie-in King]

Great picture - thanks, Naomi :-)

[jomifl]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altocumulus_lenticularis

Quite common above mountainous terrain, I saw one that had 9 layers near the eastern pyrenees a couple of years ago. They give some insight into how the atmosphere is not just an amorphous mass of air but is made up of layers of different humidity.

[naomi24]

Bouncer, science doesn't appear to be your area....

[Baldric]

Never heard of them before, had a Google, some amazing images here

https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9mSs2XofUJWh6MAOXhLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTEzZjU1NW1uBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVUlDVUsxXzEEc2VjA3Nj?p=Lenticular+Clouds&fr=mcafee

[gness]

Being a tad quirky I belong to The Cloud Appreciation Society.....which means as well as spending lots of time lying on my back in the garden looking at the sky I get newsletters with pictures of fascinating clouds......☺

[jomifl]

Gness, a very large fallstreak occurred over our village a few days ago, I posted a photo of it up on my facebook page...people were amazed but so far I appear to be the only person in the village that saw it. It only covered about half of the sky and laste half an hour!

[gness]

Jom....you could post the picture here...I'd love to see it and the CAS would be interested.....they like to receive photos.....x

[jomifl]

@Gness, I've uploaded it to photobucket but can't find a link that works.I have emailed it to CAP labelled 'Fallstreak Auvillar SW France'

[gness]

I shall look out for that in their next newsletter, Jom...x

[Hypognosis]

What a spectacular place to park a city!

And they say lenticular clouds are very rare, there? With those mountains? Who'd've thunk it?

Good find, nomes; thanks for posting it.

[Old_Geezer]

Those that realised they weren't clouds after all have already been beamed up and unavailable for comment.

[gen2]

@jomifl I had never heard of fall-streak holes until a couple of years ago. I now see them about twice a year so I must have seen them before without realising what they were. I posted the first one on Blipfoto:
https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2543802

[jomifl]

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[jomifl]

or perhaps

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y468/agilux/DSC04094_zps0sej0xhl.jpg

[jomifl]

@gen2, I only came across them when I bought the cloud appreciation society's handbook. I've seen little ones a long way off but this was almost overhead. Similar to yours but a bit younger perhaps?

[gness]

Gen2 and Jom.....fantastic photos...thank you......☺

[mibn2cweus]

There's something to be said for a creator with a sense of humour.