Skies That Look Unreal...but aren't!

[Cliff Hilbert]

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Simply beautiful.

 

[sparker1]

Lake Mead, Nevada

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

Lake Mead, Nevada
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If I am not mistaken, that looks like an example of lenticular clouds. As usual, mountains are involved in their genesis...

Lenticular cloud - Wikipedia

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Coincidentally, I took this shot on Sunday...



That was at Altnaharra, which at the time was downwind of Ben Klibreck, which I reckon was the source of the clouds.

Ben Klibreck - Wikipedia

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[Cliff Hilbert]

If I am not mistaken, that looks like an example of lenticular clouds. As usual, mountains are involved in their genesis...

Lenticular cloud - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Coincidentally, I took this shot on Sunday...

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That was at Altnaharra, which at the time was downwind of Ben Klibreck, which I reckon was the source of the clouds.

Ben Klibreck - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's good that you put the reference to Ben Kilbreck in, otherwise people might have thought that Ben was a rather gassy fellow.

 

[sparker1]

If I am not mistaken, that looks like an example of lenticular clouds. As usual, mountains are involved in their genesis...

Lenticular cloud - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Coincidentally, I took this shot on Sunday...

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That was at Altnaharra, which at the time was downwind of Ben Klibreck, which I reckon was the source of the clouds.

Ben Klibreck - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

As usual, Cap'n, you have your facts correct.

 

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[Cliff Hilbert]

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Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[Stiga]

 

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Absolutely gorgeous!

Thank you, Sir

 

[Stiga]

 

[Tom Reichner]

Mammatus clouds on June 30 of this year. These clouds are quite rare, at least in this area ... in fact, I don't remember ever having seen clouds like this before.

They even made headlines in local newspapers and internet news sites:
https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/n...-sky-storms-thunder-philadelphia/74264798007/

"It was not a bird, a plane, popcorn, cotton balls or giant cow udders in the skies above Bucks County on Sunday evening.

So what was it? A unique weather phenomenon ....."

Click the link above if you are interested in reading more about this unreal sky event ..... the pics there are much better than mine.

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

Lower Glendevon Reservoir, 27 May 2017. Low, localised cloud on the right. Very low, and very localised as it happens...

 

[Stiga]

 

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[Melissa]

Amazing Asperitas clouds yesterday evening over Ottawa, just before the thunder and lightning. Apparently, it is a rare cloud formation that looks like rippling waves.

 

[Cliff Hilbert]

Amazing Asperitas clouds yesterday evening over Ottawa, just before the thunder and lightning. Apparently, it is a rare cloud formation that looks like rippling waves.

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Wow, fantastic shot!

 

[Sogs]

Amazing Asperitas clouds yesterday evening over Ottawa, just before the thunder and lightning. Apparently, it is a rare cloud formation that looks like rippling waves.

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Looks like a video game screen.

 

[Melissa]

Wow, fantastic shot!

Thanks, Cliff!

 

[Melissa]

Looks like a video game screen.

It looked pretty unreal for sure.

 

[West Coast Birder]

It looked pretty unreal for sure.

Probably one of the finest examples of a photo capturing the intent of the thread!