I love lenticular clouds, and used to see them all the time over the Owens Valley of California. This photo was taken by Richard Hahn, who describes it along with co-author Jim Foster:
The photo above showing a phenomenal display of lenticular clouds was observed near Estes Park, Colorado on the evening of January 5, 2012. I was on the south side of Deer Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park when the setting Sun lit up the western sky in shades of copper and tangerine. Lenticular clouds are a type of wave cloud that typically occur on the lee side of mountain ranges and form when air is forced upward as it moves over higher terrain. In winter, these clouds are often accompanied by downsloping winds ushering in warmer weather to the Front Range of the Rockies. The lack of snow in the foreground is evidence of prior downsloping and of the relatively warm, dry conditions that have prevailed in Colorado during the early winter. Photo taken at 5:02 p.m.
To see this in all its splendor, click to enlarge:
h/t: Diane G.
Lenticular clouds pfff. That’s God saying thanks to David Attenborough.
Amazing picture!
Produced in Technicolor by Cecil B. De Mille, right?
How can one not be awed by such a sight? How can one not believe in Meteorology?
Let’s petition for the erection of a Tower of Meteorology on the site.
Quit talking dirty; this is a family website.
Besides, it’s been done. There’s plenty of Towers of Meterology already.
The second picture you linked presumably shows an Atheist Meteorologist at prayer?
As for talking dirty, the Guardian is supposed to be a family newspaper, and yet it carries a Botton plug.
eew.
Wonderful.
Clouds generated by the Cascade Range — mountain waves
Mt. Adams (WA) streaming clouds
Mt. McKinley, saying, “it’s windy up here”
Mt. Ventoux streaming clouds
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Mt. Adams (WA) streaming clouds
I don’t remember where I learned about the Cloud Appreciation Society. It may have been right here at WEIT. If you like clouds, give it a visit:
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Oooh, I esp. like their Jan 2012 Cloud of the Month!
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/january-2012/
Look up in the sky! Those lenticular clouds!
They’ll bring out the worst of the credulous crowds–
“They’re ufos” they’ll say,
“Come take us,” they’ll bray….
Though some will be grim in aluminum shrouds….
Oooooo… I want that painted on my wall!
Incredible….looks like a painting.