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Lenticular Clouds

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Lenticular Clouds

Lenticular Clouds

Page Type: Album

Image Type(s): Scenery

Page By: tarol

Created/Edited: Dec 26, 2006 / Dec 26, 2006

Object ID: 254706

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Lenticular Clouds

I created this album specifically for photos of Lenticular Clouds. I was excited to see some yesterday (Christmas Day 2006) for the first time over the western Sierra Nevada... But I hear they are quite common on the east side.

Here's a definition of a lenticular cloud courtesy of wikipedia.org

"Lenticular clouds, technically known as altocumulus standing lenticularis, are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, normally aligned at right-angles to the wind direction.

Where stable moist air flows over a mountain or a range of mountains, a series of large-scale standing waves may form on the downwind side. Lenticular clouds sometimes form at the crests of these waves. Under certain conditions, long strings of lenticular clouds can form, creating a formation known as a wave cloud."

Images

Hood with Lenticular

Hood with Lenticular

Broad Peak, Karkoram, Baltistan

Broad Peak, Karkoram, Baltistan

High Up Mont Blanc

High Up Mont Blanc

Mt. Hood lenticular cloud

Mt. Hood lenticular cloud

Chopicalqui, Huascaran Sur, and Huascaran Norte

Chopicalqui, Huascaran Sur, and Huascaran Norte

Mont Blanc (4810m)

Mont Blanc (4810m)

Lenticular Cloud Over the Black Buttes

Lenticular Cloud Over the Black Buttes

Desert Sunflower & Telescope Peak

Desert Sunflower & Telescope Peak

Lenticular cloud above Mummy Mountain

Lenticular cloud above Mummy Mountain

Mount Shasta

Mont Blanc(4810m)

Mont Blanc(4810m)

Alien Mothership Sighted in Sierra!

Alien Mothership Sighted in Sierra!

Lenticular cloud over Aoraki / Cook (New Zealand)

Lenticular cloud over Aoraki / Cook (New Zealand)

Cerro San Lorenzo

Cerro San Lorenzo

Mount Shasta

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Hello tarol !

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Lenticular clouds are quite common over Mt. Rainier. Great album!

Posted Dec 2, 2007 9:35 pm

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consider posting your cool cloud images to this interesting site:
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/

got check out the gallery. Amazing stuff!

Posted Dec 14, 2007 4:53 pm

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