24 August 2012

A lenticular (lens-shaped) cloud


This is a nice example, photographed at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.  It is presumably colored by the setting sun.   From a gallery of cloud photos at The Guardian

Photo credit: Science Photo Library/Rex Features.

8 comments:

  1. A. FischerAugust 24, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    This is one thing I always wanted to see and finally did last winter when snowshoeing in the White Mountains. It was formed off of the peak of Mount Washington.

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  2. antmanAugust 24, 2012 at 1:37 PM

    Mount Shasta in California develops some spectacular ones as well.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 24, 2012 at 4:19 PM

    That is one of the BEST UFO-shaped lenticulars I've ever seen. Neat!

    Lurker111

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  4. kenjuAugust 24, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    Perhaps this is the type of thing that make people think they are seeing a UFO.

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  5. jschmidtAugust 25, 2012 at 7:11 AM

    Hmmm, I didn't think they skied in Hawaii.

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    1. MinnesotastanAugust 25, 2012 at 8:24 AM

      You could Google it...

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    2. jschmidtAugust 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM

      not great skiing but...

      http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com/ski_hawaii.htm

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  6. JennyAugust 25, 2012 at 10:20 AM

    ...and I for one welcome our Alien Overlords, and would like to remind them that they'll need cheap hack doodlers like myself to work in their Propaganda Mines to keep the human herd in line...

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