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As I was taking pictures of the Gullfoss Waterfall, I turned around and saw the sky on fire!
This particular morning the wind was gusty. It was very difficult to stand still even for a few seconds.
I asked my husband to follow me back to our car so I could lean on it and not get blown away while I was busy taking pictures of this magnificent early morning sunrise.
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"Grandmother Willow: What do you see?
Pocahontas: Clouds... strange clouds."
wyld lil told me in a comment that these beautiful lens shaped clouds are called "lenticular clouds". Thanks Lil ;-)
Here is a link if you want to read more about it
Maybe this image I saw on New Years Day 2020 was a foretelling of the year to come. On a blustery cold morning, in an inhospitable environment, isolated from all other forms of life and exposed to the elements of freezing temperatures, snow and howling winds, this lone juniper not only survives, it thrives.
With no eyes to appreciate its view of the West Temple, nor grow fearful over its precarious perch 1000' over the tunnel entry below, this lone tree grows tenaciously reaching toward the heavens, even though that exposes it to the dangers even more.
Isn't that what life is really all about?
Recognition:
Semi-finalist - North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Showcase 2023
Bronze Award - 2020 EPSON International Pano Awards (Open Landscapes)
This impressive lenticular cloud caught the days last lingering light nicely above Montana's Beartooth Pass.
May your week be bright and sunny as well!
Skies and clouds are primary objectives of mine when out image hunting. Not a big fan of all blue skies. As I hunt mountains I'm often fortunate to find all kinds of clouds as mountains "catch" them and form them.
Here is one of my 2 favorite types of clouds catching the last rays of the day over the MT side of Beartooth Pass. Mammatous clouds are my other favorite. This cloud is a "stacked" lenticular.
"Lenticular clouds get their name from the fact that they're shaped like a lens or a saucer. This is why they're also sometimes called “flying saucer clouds" and sometimes mistaken for UFOs. Some other nicknames for lenticular clouds include “cloudships," “clouds of heaven" and “lennies." They also have a fancy scientific name: Altocumulus lenticularis."
re: wonderopolis.org
As always, thank you for taking a look!
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend!
Stavo salendo a Introd, ma quando è apparso Lui, son dovuto scendere dall'auto.
Monte Bianco 4810 mt
Pure beauty
I was driving up to PNGP, but when He appeared I had to get out of the car.
Monte Bianco 4810 mt
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Another shot of this fascinating lenticular cloud floating over a pond on Wyoming's Beartooth Pass. There were several of them. A real treat to watch.
"Lenticular clouds get their name from the fact that they're shaped like a lens or a saucer. This is why they're also sometimes called “flying saucer clouds" and sometimes mistaken for UFOs. Some other nicknames for lenticular clouds include “cloudships," “clouds of heaven" and “lennies." They also have a fancy scientific name: Altocumulus lenticularis."
re: wonderopolis.org
Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead!
...genau gegenüber des Wasserfalls und des Lago Pehoé befindet sich diese wunderschöne Landschaft mit kahlen Bäumen und diesen ineressanten Lenticular-Wolken. Für das Auge gibt es viel zu sehen. Wir befinden uns im Nationalpark Torres del Paine in Patagonien im Süden Chiles.
Another one of the fascinating pancake lenticular clouds above the Montana side of Beartooth Pass at sunset. Best place I've visited for lenticular hunting.
Road to/from Red Lodge in distance below.
Happy Friday!
One of the many visual treats I enjoyed as I drove over Beartooth Pass were several lenticular clouds like this one floating over Little Bear Lake. Fascinating clouds. Another benefit of seeking high country.
"Pilots of powered aircraft tend to avoid flying near lenticular clouds because of the turbulence they cause. However glider pilots actively seek them out. The precise location of the rising air mass is fairly easy to predict from the orientation of the clouds. "Wave lift" of this kind is often very smooth and strong, and enables gliders to soar to remarkable altitudes and to great distances. As of 2016 the gliding world records for both distance (over 3,000 km; 1,864 mi) and absolute altitude (15,460 m; 50,721 ft) were set using such lift from these unique clouds."
wikipedia
Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead!
Komo Kulshan is Mt. Baker.
This was taken from Lummi Flats in North Bellingham.
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One of the mot memorable moments of our Iceland roundtrip when we were camping in this lovely open bay and those giant lenticular clouds started settling in shortly before a real mean storm came upon us. Those clouds looked like slick galactic U.F.O.s to me :)
A lenticular cloud in the process of breaking up cruises over one of the many lakes on Beartooth Pass. Was fascinated by the unique shape.
Thanks for taking a look!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
One day of partial sun before the next storm comes in.
I was hoping the clouds would move over the top of the mountain, however they just kind of disappeared after a while as more clouds came in and covered the view of the mountain.
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These two birds were soaring the updrafts around these beautiful Lenticular clouds. I drove down the street from my house to get a better angle of them hanging over the San Bernardino Mountains Ca.
Lenticular clouds are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, typically in perpendicular alignment to the wind direction. They are often comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer.
2nd place winner October contest Clouds the Design In The Sky, TMI Your Art & Nature Group.
We haven't had any snow, and most of the time it's been too gloomy and wet to go out shooting, so I am posting one from my trip to Waterton last June. I still have so many images in my archives.....
"Morgenrot ...Schlechtwetter droht" means "a beautiful red sky at dawn...bad weather is threatening" ...this weather forecast suited at this morning at dawn on what followed.
My location was a few minutes walk from the Fermeda Hut below Seceda/South Tyrol/Dolomites. The paths to the right lead to the Col Raiser cable car. The mountains in the background are part of the Puez-Odle Nature Park.
Panorama from 2 horizontal shots.
"Morgenrot...Schlechtwetter droht"...dieser Wetterspruch passte neulich während der Morgendämmerung auf das was folgte.
Mein Standort auf der Aschgler-Alm (auch Mastlè-Alm) war wenige Minuten zu Fuß von der Fermeda-Hütte unterhalb der Seceda entfernt. Die Wege nach rechts führen zur Col Raiser. Die Berge im Hintergrund gehören zum Naturpark Puez-Geisler.
Panorama aus 2 horizontalen Bildern,
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Gigantic lenticular clouds over one of the fjords in North Iceland announcing a grand storm to come. Don't you just love lenticular clouds? :)
Happy Monochrome Monday!
I could have posted this photo before the previous one to give a sense of the transition from sunset to blue hour at Glacier Point, Yosemite. However, I'm glad I did not because yesterday's Blue Hour at Glacier Point made it into Explore, the first one since January 2, 2014. I've posted it in the first comment below.
Hope you have a good start to your week! Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all.
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For the Saturday challenge "Over-processed clouds"
Clouds are a big part of every day here ... the skies are huge and dominate everything. You can tell the weather by the clouds, as well as being mystified and delighted by effects you haven't seen before. We enjoy sunrise in the front garden, and sunset in the back garden .. so I often grab a camera to catch a cloud effect before it passes. My latest obsession is lenticular clouds, which I've seen for years, but never knew their name or what they might signify. So I took this recent evening shot with the setting sun and lenticular clouds as my choice for this challenge. Then I decided to play with the colours of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) in Photoshop.
The original shot is in the first comment field.
HCC and HSoS ;o)
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
Post-processing set: Here
Blend and Merge: Here
A "cap" cloud atop Mt. Rainier commences to break up.
Lenticular clouds, sometimes called "cap clouds," form over mountain peaks when moisture begins to increase in the upper levels of the atmosphere.
Thanks for taking a look and for any comments, faves and suggestions.
Have a terrific Tuesday!
We had gorgeous sunshine when arriving at Siglufjordur in Iceland's North, but suddenly lenticular clouds started forming and we knew we would get a storm and three hours later we were sitting in the very thick of it.
More Mount Rainier photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/troymason/albums/72157594189482395
On the way to Mount Rainier with my wife, and only three minutes from the house we had to pull over. One of the most amazing sunrise I've seen in my life. I posted a color version a while back, so here's a bw edit.
This one has been sitting on the hard drive for a little while, collecting cobwebs. I finally got around to dusting it off. :-)
It's not unusual to see such odd cloud formations forming over Mount Rainier. These are called altostratus clouds, I believe. Those that are a little more knowledgeable on the subject, feel free to correct me.
Ahh, I've just been corrected! These are called lenticular clouds! So good to know! Thank you for your help!
"Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis in Latin) are stationary clouds that form in the troposphere, typically in perpendicular alignment to the wind direction. They are often comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer. --Wikipedia
They are quite unusual though, aren't they? Hope you enjoy!
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The rising sun casts it's rosy glow on Mt. Rainier.
Wishing all my American friends and family a Very Happy & Safe 4th of July!
Cheers!
We rarely get to to see these cloud formations here in Aus so a sight like this while driving to our next accommodation is a sight to behold!!!
Thanks for looking!!
Basaltic Lava Cone with a Lenticular Cloud behind.
This day, I was caught in a Dust Devil on the nearby dry lake bed and managed to save my camera (by sheltering it in my jacket) before the whirlwind hit me. There is another picture from this day on my stream where the Dust Devil can be seen higher than the dome.
Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
~ Kim Hubbard
I took this on a short vacation to Vancouver Island in September of last year at Qualicum Bay.
High winds aloft as East Troublesome Fire grew seven times in size from ~24,000 acres to ~170,000 acres since October 20. A new fire, it became the 2nd largest fire in Colorado state history. It is in the Grand Lake and Rocky Mountain National Park area (structures on the West side have burned), as seen from the Rocky Mountain Front Range and the Denver Basin in Colorado.