Wednesday, September 7, 2011

High Sierra UFO

Check out this crazy cloud that went floating by when I was up at almost 11,000 ft in the sierras.  I've never seen anything like it.

It looked like 3 of 4 layered disks, but it also had these funky dark holes punched through it.  Very weird.

Anyone know what this type of cloud might be called?
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    Hi Tim. We have these clouds a lot on the eastern slopes of the Sierras. They are called altocumulus lenticular, or wave clouds. Carolyn

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  2. Timon SloaneSeptember 12, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Carolyn - thanks! This gave me the info I needed to look these clouds up. Lots of good info and pics on google. Sounds like these are high altitude clouds that form near mountains. I never came across them before (even though I ski a lot). Who knew !

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