Lenticular clouds are peculiar enough that, for years, they’ve been mistaken for other things – often UFOs. These lens-shaped clouds tend to form near mountainous terrain, where air gets forced Keep reading
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Happy Valentine’s Day
This heart-shaped atmospheric apparition is a lenticular cloud captured over the mountains of New Zealand. As you can see in the companion video, the cloud itself remains stationary over the Keep reading
Weather Posters
Weather Underground has created a whole series of posters celebrating and briefly explaining various weather phenomena. Many of their subjects are beautiful and unusual types of clouds like the lenticular Keep reading
Lenticular Clouds Over Ice
Lenticular clouds, like the one shown above, often attract attention due to their unusual shape. These stationary, lens-shaped clouds can form near mountains and other topography that force air to Keep reading
Volcanic Clouds
The volcano Tungurahua erupts in a cloud of ash while molten lava flows down the mountain’s sides. Overhead a wispy lenticular cloud has formed where moist air flowing over the volcano Keep reading