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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Lenticular Clouds Over Washington
NASA ^
| November 04, 2012
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 11/04/2012 3:37:09 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Are those UFOs near that mountain? No -- they are multilayered lenticular clouds. Moist air forced to flow upward around mountain tops can create lenticular clouds. Water droplets condense from moist air cooled below the dew point, and clouds are opaque groups of water droplets. Waves in the air that would normally be seen horizontally can then be seen vertically, by the different levels where clouds form. On some days the city of Seattle, Washington, USA, is treated to an unusual sky show when lenticular clouds form near Mt. Rainier, a large mountain that looms just under 100 kilometers southeast of the city. This image of a spectacular cluster of lenticular clouds was taken last December.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; science; washington
[Credit & Copyright: Tim Thompson]
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:37:14 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:40:36 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
bump
not technically astronomy, though
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:42:28 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: SunkenCiv
Nice photo.
Thought this was going to be vanity by the thread title.
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posted on
11/04/2012 3:43:18 AM PST
by
Morris70
To: SunkenCiv
Here in New Hampshire, we sometimes see them around MOUNT Washington.
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:09:08 AM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: SunkenCiv
Notice the NORK missile contrail in the upper right corner of the photo. /s
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:11:46 AM PST
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/04/2012 6:25:33 AM PST
by
angelsonmyside
(Someone please send the Loser in Chief a "President For Dummy's" book.)
To: SunkenCiv
Of course those aren’t UFOs. Those are Bigfoot sky houses. Do I get my ten million bucks now?
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posted on
11/04/2012 9:02:24 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SunkenCiv
Reminds me of the Mothership coming in over the Devil’s Tower in “Close Encounters”.
Then again, maybe “they” are camouflaging themselves as clouds now. :-)
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posted on
11/04/2012 9:23:16 AM PST
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: SunkenCiv
They look as if they came off a potter’s wheel.
To: SunkenCiv
Happens all the time.
I’m up on the Enumclaw plateau, about 45 miles nnw of the mountain, see them 4 or 5 times a month.
Because of the topology, there is alot of micro-weather situations here. I’ve been in the Cascades when in one day, the sun came out and it went to 70 degrees or so, the clouds rolled in and it rained, then the snow started and we got fogged in!
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posted on
11/04/2012 10:37:58 AM PST
by
djf
(Political Science: Conservatives = govern-ment. Liberals = givin-me-it.)
To: SunkenCiv
Here's a cool shot around sunset.
You see them lots of times when it looks like the mountain has a hat on it!
I should drag my rear up there, haven't been on the mountain in about ten years or so...
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posted on
11/04/2012 10:42:48 AM PST
by
djf
(Political Science: Conservatives = govern-ment. Liberals = givin-me-it.)
To: SunkenCiv
Lenticulars are awe inspiring, this one is really spectacular, thanks for posting, saving it.
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posted on
11/04/2012 10:43:07 AM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: djf
Now that one will make you stop and look, especially the lighting effect.
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posted on
11/04/2012 10:45:20 AM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
Long as it doesn't do this, I'm happy!
And that reminds me, I had a dream the other night that it did erupt, and was launching white-hot rocks in my direction!
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posted on
11/04/2012 10:51:16 AM PST
by
djf
(Political Science: Conservatives = govern-ment. Liberals = givin-me-it.)
To: djf
Yup, that would have messed up the lenticular a little.
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posted on
11/04/2012 10:54:54 AM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: SunkenCiv
Fabuloso!!
Copied and may us as screen saver!!
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posted on
11/04/2012 4:14:38 PM PST
by
Bon of Babble
(The Road to Ruin is Always Kept in Good Repair)
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