Looking like enormous waves breaking on the shore, this type of cloud is rare and fleeting – lasting no more than a minute or two. The distinctive breaking-wave shape is caused by wind shear. |
Lenticularis stack, caused by a north westerly over Mount Ruapehu in the North Island of New Zealand. |
'Spotlights' taken off the west coast of Levkas, Greece. |
Shark Bay, Western Australia. |
5) Altocumulus lenticularisMount Rainier, Washington, US. |
The "tentacles", which you can see hanging down, are called "virga".
They are essentially rain, or snow, that evaporates away before ever reaching the ground. |
Nacreous clouds over Lillehammer Norway. |
Storm Clouds at Sunset, Cochrane, Alberta. Canada. Some faces in there also. |
Sky above Virginia Beach, Virginia US. |
Taken early evening from MV Paros SG, off the coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic. |
Lions Head Cape Town, wearing its cloud hat. |
Early morning, riverside, Exeter. UK. |
Over Matching Tye , Essex, UK |
Fair weather at Castlerigg Stone circle in Cumbria U.K. |