Pink Fluffy Clouds
Very pretty shot of a lenticular cloud formation in the Taurarua’s (North Island, New Zealand). I remember hearing of an American painter who came to New Zealand just to paint clouds – globally New Zealand offers some of the widest variations in clouds.
The picture comes from NASA: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090121.html and you can click on the link to see a larger copy of this photo.
From the Nasa page:
A Lenticular Cloud Over New Zealand
Credit & Copyright: Chris Picking (Starry Night Skies Photography)Explanation: What’s happening above those mountains? Several clouds are stacked up into one striking lenticular cloud. Normally, air moves much more horizontally than it does vertically. Sometimes, however, such as when wind comes off of a mountain or a hill, relatively strong vertical oscillations take place as the air stabilizes. The dry air at the top of an oscillation may be quite stratified in moisture content, and hence forms clouds at each layer where the air saturates with moisture. The result can be a lenticular cloud with a strongly layered appearance. The above picture was taken in 2002 looking southwest over the Tarurua Range mountains from North Island, New Zealand.
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