Anyone know what cloud this is?

[Heidi Shank]

[Hans Stocker]

You posted an interesting one to identify Heidi. A very nice one. To me it seems to be altocumulus lenticularis. Maybe it is not a very obvious lenticular example, but – although a bit chaotic – it still has lenticular features. Is the image taken in the neighborhood of mountainous terrain? If yes, it is very likely lenticularis.
I hope you like it.
Hans

[Heidi Shank]

<li style=”text-align: left;”>Thank you very much Hans! As it happens I took this picture in mammoth which does have mountain terrain.

Thanks!
-Heidi

[Don Hatfield]

Visually, Heidi’s photo looks like a sky dragon to me; maybe a cousin (?) to the scandanavian wolf, Skoll. (Not any kind of lenticular cloud, but still a chaotic one.)

 

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