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Unusual Vortex image captured over Bishop, California. US. The vortex occurred as a huge altocumulus lenticularis wave cloud broke up.
5 thoughts on “Unusual Vortex image captured over Bishop, California. US. The vortex occurred as a huge altocumulus lenticularis wave cloud broke up.”
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Vibrant colours in the sky near Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Cumulus clouds on a cool and windy day over Northern California, US
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Virga over Qingyuan City, Guangdong, China
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A storm system near Rogerstown Estuary, Dublin, Ireland
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A classic example of altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Reno, Nevada, US
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Above the clouds during a storm that gave Reven the sense that she was observing a dramatic silent movie during her flight from San Francisco, California, to New Orleans, Louisiana, with this storm taking place near Roswell, New Mexico, US.
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Multiple contrails over Baltimore, Maryland, US
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A picturesque sunset seen from Alameda Island in the San Francisco Bay, California, US
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Horseshoe vortex that Maggie spotted for the first time, which she said lasted for less than a minute, which is common for such a formation. This was captured over Dayton, Ohio, US.
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A storm system as seen from looking east from the mountains to the Anza Borrego Desert. Carl shares that a strong convergence of westerly winds and warmer desert air created spectacular clouds and an abundant lift for soaring over San Diego County, California, US.
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Cumulonimbus near Charlottesville, Virginia, US
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Lightning strike during a storm over Kota, India
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Multiple examples of altocumulus lenticularis spotted to the east of Menifee, California, US
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Significant updrafts propelled the development of this particular cumulonimbus, which Sarah entitles "Sunset lights up an expanding storm", spotted over St. Louis, Missouri, US
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Cumulus congestus that Suzanne observed taking on the look of a poodle doodle head profile, spotted over Baltimore, Maryland, US
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Catherine wheel on high?
I haven’t seen anything like this over here in our skies at all… Excellent capture!
Wow! I’d hate my aircraft to go through that!
Can’t say I’ve ever seen anything like this before. Had I seen it in the sky, I’m sure my reaction would be something along the lines of…uh-oh!
After over 50 years of skygazing, I’d rate this image as the most amazing and unusual cloud I have ever seen so far. Has anyone else seen anything like this before or elsewhere, or is this one of the new sky phenomena we get to look forward to along with accelerating climate change? GWW