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...

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.

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

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?

2013年6月3日 · Luckily, you don’t need to be a meteorologist or a science fan to appreciate the beauty of a cloudy sky. Here’s a selection of some stunning cloud photos – we bet that among them you’ll find some weir cloud formations that you’ve never actually seen before! Inspired by: twistedsifter.com

This is a list of the 10 rarest cloud formations in no particular order that for those lucky enough to see them, were caught on camera. Nacreous Clouds (mother of pearl clouds) These rare clouds, sometimes called mother-of-pearl clouds are 15 – 25km (9 -16 miles) high in the stratosphere and well above tropospheric clouds.

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.

2011年10月11日 · I’ve gathered in this Top 10 list some of the strangest, most beautiful cloud formations: 10. The Kelvin-Helmholtz Wave Cloud. The Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud looks like crashing ocean waves. These beautiful clouds are named after German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz and British physicist.

2012年11月24日 · So here it is – incredible and rare cloud formations as you have never seen them. Stratocumulus Clouds are blocks of clouds which appear in waves or blobs – usually with patches of light and dark. They can vary from rather plain looking (a typical gloomy day cloud) to quite stunning – when they form into rolls or waves.