Alabama Hills, California, USA (photographer James Neeley).
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Mysterious Lenticular clouds

Mysterious Lenticular clouds
Alabama Hills, California, USA (photographer James Neeley). Mysterious Lenticular clouds

Mysterious Lenticular clouds
Lenticular clouds look fantastic, no wonder they have been mistaken for UFOs, or even a visual cover for UFOs, because of their mysterious saucer-like shape. The process of Lenticular clouds formation is very complex, but they have a number of interesting features. For example, lenticular clouds remain in the same place no matter what force the wind blows. They are often formed in the mountains and do not dissipate for hours and sometimes days. Bright colors (called irisation) are sometimes seen along the edge of lenticular clouds, multiple mixed iridescent colors caused by diffracted in clouds sunlight. Pilots tend to avoid flying near lenticular clouds because of the turbulence of the rotor systems that accompany them. Like any rare phenomenon of nature, to take pictures of beautiful lenticular clouds is a godsend for the photographer.

Mysterious Lenticular clouds
Alvorda Desert, Oregon, USA (photo by Marc Adamus).

Lenticular (lens-shaped) clouds – a rare natural phenomenon. These clouds are formed on the crests of the waves of air or air between the two layers. A characteristic feature of these clouds is that they do not move, no matter how strong the wind is. Occurrence of lenticular clouds shows that the atmosphere contains a strong horizontal air streams forming obstacles over the mountain waves, and that in the air is a sufficiently high moisture content. This is usually due to the approaching atmospheric front or due to an energetic transfer of air from remote areas.

Mysterious Lenticular clouds

Granada, Spain (Guido Montanes Castillo).
Granada, Spain (Guido Montanes Castillo).
Klyuchevskoy, Far East, Russia (photographer Ivan Dementievsky).
Klyuchevskoy, Far East, Russia (photographer Ivan Dementievsky).
Lake Pukaki, New Zealand (Trey Ratcliff)
Lake Pukaki, New Zealand (Trey Ratcliff)
Mount Dana, Yosemite National Park, USA (Tim Fitzharris)
Mount Dana, Yosemite National Park, USA (Tim Fitzharris)
Mount Rainier, USA (James Clark)
Mount Rainier, USA (James Clark)
Mount Redentore, Italy (Alessio Andreani).
Mount Redentore, Italy (Alessio Andreani).
Nevada, USA (Richard Hahn).
Nevada, USA (Richard Hahn).
Oksenhoup, County of Bradford, England (Brian Middelton).
Oksenhoup, County of Bradford, England (Brian Middelton).
Palm Springs, California, USA (Tom Lowe)
Palm Springs, California, USA (Tom Lowe)
Queenstown, New Zealand (Trey Ratcliff)
Queenstown, New Zealand (Trey Ratcliff)
Rocky Mountains, Canada (Richard Hahn).
Rocky Mountains, Canada (Richard Hahn).
Rangipo Desert, New Zealand (Bevan Percival).
Rangipo Desert, New Zealand (Bevan Percival).
Roquetas, Catalonia, Spain (Marialuisa Wittlin)
Roquetas, Catalonia, Spain (Marialuisa Wittlin)
Salar de Talar close to the village of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (Luca Galuzzi).
Salar de Talar close to the village of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (Luca Galuzzi).
Snayfedlsnes peninsula, Iceland. (Steve Gould)
Snayfedlsnes peninsula, Iceland. (Steve Gould)
Tararua Mountain Range, New Zealand (Chris Picking)
Tararua Mountain Range, New Zealand (Chris Picking)
The National Park Torres del Paine, Chile (Christopher Dawson)
The National Park Torres del Paine, Chile (Christopher Dawson)
West Yorkshire, England (Steve Price)
West Yorkshire, England (Steve Price)

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