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Post by auntym on Jan 15, 2018 17:19:58 GMT -6
twitter.com/ancientvisitors Alien Investigation @ancientvisitors 41m41 minutes ago
The Giza pyramid complex, Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Image by JimPix/Getty Images
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Post by auntym on Jan 31, 2018 13:09:20 GMT -6
www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/incredible-photos-show-ufo-like-clouds-near-cheyenne/73-512846522WEATHER-COLORADO Incredible photos show UFO-like clouds near CheyenneSpoiler alert: These are lenticular clouds. Author: Allison Sylte / January 30, 2018 WEATHER-COLORADO A 9NEWS viewer sent us photos Monday of a series of three clouds that sort of looked like UFOs near Cheyenne, Wyoming. “I’ve never seen clouds like this,” viewer David Smith wrote via Your Take. One of the best parts about working at 9NEWS is the fact that we have meteorologists at our disposal to explain the science behind cool cloud photos (apparently, most offices do not have this perk). A view of lenticular clouds near Cheyenne Wyoming. Here’s what 9NEWS Meteorologist Cory Reppenhagen had to say about the photos: These get called flying saucers or UFOs a lot, not only because of their lens shape, but since they also appear to hover. The wave in the air that is causing these lenticulars is maintaining a crest in a constant location. So, lenticulars stand in one place for a period of time. You don’t see the mountain range in the shot, but that is likely what is causing this. High winds out of the west and northwest hit the mountains or other obstruction, and causes a disruption in the flow of air, making a wave downstream of the obstruction. A smooth cloud forms at the crest of the wave where the air meets the dewpoint, and as the air falls down the other side of the wave, evaporation occurs. Lenticulars can form at any level of the atmosphere, but this variety is altocumulus. There have been very strong winds in Wyoming the last couple days. There is a High Wind Warning in parts of Wyoming Tuesday with 35 to 45 mph sustained winds and gusts near 70 mph. So there you go – these aren’t UFOs but rather lenticular clouds caused by a unique combination of wind and the mountains. Do you have an awesome photo to share or a science question we can solve? Email us at yourtake.9news.com. www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/incredible-photos-show-ufo-like-clouds-near-cheyenne/73-512846522
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Post by auntym on Feb 9, 2018 14:32:37 GMT -6
Mothership Cloud over Oregon - 02-08-2018
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Post by jojustjo on Mar 2, 2018 10:57:51 GMT -6
Gorgeous...lenticular clouds are my very favorites
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Post by jojustjo on Mar 25, 2018 9:55:46 GMT -6
Sorry I didn't see that sooner...that one is amazing
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Post by auntym on Oct 7, 2018 11:40:13 GMT -6
Photo taken a few days ago in South Orange County, CA at sunset. Looks like a UFO shaped cloud formation.
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Post by skywalker on Mar 7, 2019 22:59:31 GMT -6
That one looks like the Loch Ness monster. Or maybe a whole herd of them.
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Post by auntym on Oct 29, 2020 12:54:58 GMT -6
www.space.com/ufo-cloud-weather-photo-contest.html?fbclid=IwAR2XAuF7HRRBDK_7zegC6d-eZYEyHm1GcdGFZucZZAgodwp_m-cRH92ZNOUGhostly 'UFO cloud' hovering over mountains wows judges in weather photo contestBy Brandon Specktor / www.space.com/author/brandon-specktor10-25-2020 This spooky saucer is a common phenomenon where wind meets mountains."An hour before taking this photograph I was walking along the trails that surround the beautiful rock formation … [but] the day was very cloudy. Apparently, luck was not with me on this adventure," Negroni Rodriguez told the RMS. "Only for a moment, the clouds allowed me to see El Chaltén — and to my surprise, there was a spectacular and brilliant lenticular cloud with a beautiful and perfect figure that I had never seen." An eerie lenticular cloud forms over El Chalten mountain in Argentina (Image: © Francisco Javier Negroni Rodriguez) twitter.com/NegronifotoA ghostly white saucer hovers over the peaks of El Chaltén in southern Argentina. As wind thrashes the nearby clouds, the saucer remains fixed above the craggy summit, anchored in the sky like a mothership surveying the hills below. It's not aliens. (Sorry … it's never aliens). It's just a friendly neighborhood "UFO cloud" — better known in meteorological circles as a standing lenticular cloud. This eerie weather phenomenon is relatively common in mountainous regions like El Chaltén, or the Rocky Mountains in the U.S., where high-speed winds ricochet over a tall peak, creating a distinct lens- or saucer-shaped cloud formation high in the sky. Still, photographer Francisco Javier Negroni Rodriguez — whose photo above is a finalist in the Royal Meteorological Society's (RMS) 2020 Weather Photographer of the Year contest — had to wait the better part of a day to capture the cloud in its mysterious glory. "An hour before taking this photograph I was walking along the trails that surround the beautiful rock formation … [but] the day was very cloudy. Apparently, luck was not with me on this adventure," Negroni Rodriguez told the RMS. "Only for a moment, the clouds allowed me to see El Chaltén — and to my surprise, there was a spectacular and brilliant lenticular cloud with a beautiful and perfect figure that I had never seen." This type of cloud forms when strong wind blows into the side of a mountain, skyscraper or other tall obstruction, according to the National Weather Service. The mountain deflects the wind, forcing it into a wave that crests over the mountaintop, dips down on the other side, then rises up again. In the upward-moving parts of the wave, the air cools until it condenses into clouds. When the air descends again on the downward-moving side of the wave, the cloud evaporates. The result is a spooky, stationary cloud perched atop the crest of the wave, sculpted into a saucer shape by the wind constantly rising and falling within it. Negroni Rodriguez's photo joins 25 other finalists in the RMS contest, which is co-sponsored by AccuWeather. While the alien cloud was not one of the three grand-prize winners announced on Oct. 17, it nevertheless rose to the top of more than 7,700 entries, according to the RMS. To see some of the other stunning finalists — including the big winners — click through this gallery. www.livescience.com/rms-weather-photos.htmlwww.space.com/ufo-cloud-weather-photo-contest.html?fbclid=IwAR2XAuF7HRRBDK_7zegC6d-eZYEyHm1GcdGFZucZZAgodwp_m-cRH92ZNOU
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