Lenticular cloud over Ostry...

Lenticular cloud over Ostry...

Lenticular cloud over Ostry Tolbachik; August 2002
waltraud
on Mar 6, 2005 6:07 am
Image ID: 93360

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Corax

Corax - Mar 6, 2005 9:41 pm - Voted 10/10

Unreal!

What a weird cloud formation.

Great photo!

waltraud

waltraud - Mar 7, 2005 3:28 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Unreal!

These lenticular clouds form above mountains that stick out significantly above a more or less flat surrounding. That's why they can be seen a lot over the volcanoes of Kamchatka which often are single mountains. Of course not every lenticular cloud is as nice as this one :-)

bongsunkee

bongsunkee - Sep 7, 2007 4:04 pm - Voted 10/10

impressive!

very nice shot......

stinkycheezman33

stinkycheezman33 - Apr 26, 2008 10:59 pm - Voted 10/10

looks like...

a ghost. or a comet. or both.

nice photo, thanks for sharing!

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