2012年3月20日 · Below you will find a collection of 15 fascinating and incredible cloud formations. Enjoy! 1. Lenticular Clouds. Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis) are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, normally aligned perpendicular to the wind direction.

Explore the most beautiful and unique cloud formations from around the world, and learn about the meteorological conditions that cause them.

2022年8月11日 · The rarest cloud formation is Nacreous clouds, also known as Polar stratospheric clouds. Nacreous clouds form best when the Sun is several degrees below the horizon, at sunset and sunrise. The Sun illuminates the thin disc clouds from below, giving them bright and iridescent colors.

2015年4月24日 · Just stretch out on the grass and let your imagination wander as you spot faces and images in the fluffy clouds lazily floating through the beautiful sky. Our tendency to see faces or images in random objects, such as cloud formations, is called pareidolia.

2020年6月23日 · One of the enjoyable pastimes of weather addiction is cloud watching. Here are some rare and unsual cloud formations that I have seen—lenticular clouds which look like flying saucers to virga clouds which look like jellyfish to mammatus clouds which look like udders. Have you seen them?

2024年1月31日 · Here’s a quick guide to some of the most eye-catching and bizarre cloud formations out there, how they form, and what they might mean. Anvil clouds are a subtype of cumulonimbus clouds that form a flat, anvil-shaped top. These are powerful thunderstorm clouds that can form dangerous supercell storms.

2021年8月9日 · Wispy cirrus clouds or cartoonishly fluffy cumulus clouds can be cool enough on their own. But occasionally, you’ll witness a formation that looks eerily like a UFO, a breaking ocean wave, or...