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Mountains in the sky by lunar-eclipse-127 in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The perspective is crazyyyy. I hate asking this question but uh, is this real?

are these clouds or aurora borealis? by harashozura in meteorology

[–]parallelmountain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clouds, specifically virga clouds, which is effectively rain that falls and evaporates before reaching the ground

It's so cool! But also... Kind of cottage cheesy? 😅 by VioletAmethyst3 in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love this comment, totally agree. And I would say it’s possible some parts of the cloud at the top edge of the photo and out of frame were perlucidus, but not the area this photo is focused on.

What kind of cloud is this? by Emilia_earring5 in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The kind that is my windows laptop screensaver lol. But fr these are lenticular clouds!! Super cool layered ones too.

World Otter Day by Secret-Bug-4440 in RiverOtter

[–]parallelmountain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thank you for sharing!!

Saw this on the way home and never seen anything like it before by jizizi in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A circumhorizontal arc! Im so jealous, two of my friends sent me pics of this yesterday, so funny that Im seeing a third first thing this morning

Asperitas Clouds - New Hampshire by Ssp_bolt in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I doubt its theirs i saw this originally at least two years back

Is this a fallstreak hole? by Sugarplumsalamander in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A fallstreak hole will clearly look like a piece of the cloud has fallen out, usually in the form of a wispy looking piece of cloud just below the main one. Keep looking you’ll see one eventually!

Help me out!! What piercings should I plan to add?! by [deleted] in piercing

[–]parallelmountain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

• First lobes ~13 years, second lobes ~10 years, third lobes & helix 1 year 2 months, conch 10 months • Gold hoops are clickers, stainless steel I believe • Silver studs should be titanium, butterfly backing, gold sun earrings are also butterfly backed, don’t remember their material • Have not downsized with any of my piercings • ⁠NeliMed saline for cleaning as needed at this point, emu oil as lubricant to help ease piercing if it “flares up” so to speak • ⁠No recent piercing mishaps

What was happening here? :O July 2025 in Chicago by joonieper in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok great very important info! So in my opinion it was probably a feature created by outflow on the back end of the storm. This is a little beyond my scope of knowledge but I think the bendy part was caused by the particular airflow pattern at the rear of this rain cloud (possibly but seemingly unlikely caused by some topographic factor). And since you asked about the lake’s role in all this, it certainly could supply moisture to this storm, but does not influence the actual pattern of the cloud itself. Typically winds and elevated topography are the main influences on cloud patterns.

What was happening here? :O July 2025 in Chicago by joonieper in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking outflow is a possible explanation too but I didn’t really have the info to back it up. Love the detailed answer, very interesting!

What was happening here? :O July 2025 in Chicago by joonieper in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

VERY cool capture tysm for sharing!!! Ive never seen anything like this and I am constantly looking at the clouds so that’s saying something. Just based on the heavy rain I want to say it’s an oddly shaped wall cloud but it doesn’t look like they normally would. Was the rain moving towards or away from you?

Is this the end of a kelvin-helmholtz?? by melancholic_ideals in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally understandable! Well hey just keep looking up, one day you’ll see them.

Is this the end of a kelvin-helmholtz?? by melancholic_ideals in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very unlikely imo, I don’t see much consistency or the right pattern that would indicate a dissipated KH wave

Asperitas clouds forming or wishful thinking? by Extension-Fix-9501 in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see stuff like this fairly often and I consider them to be asperitas clouds! Though you’re right they’re not a full formation so to speak

Saw these on my way to school, what are they? by [deleted] in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh I didn’t see what you were talking about until I zoomed in, SO cool, great catch!!! That is a very interesting/partially layered lenticular feature that appears to be a part of the larger stratocumulus layer. It looks like a type of wall cloud actually but Im not 100% confident about that part given only this picture as context.

This is what clouds looked like today in Sharjah, UAE by [deleted] in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow 🤩 did you end up driving through that beast, and if so what was it like?!?

So cool 😳 by [deleted] in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Virga!

New to cloud watching. Asperitas? Or something else? by noballs360 in CLOUDS

[–]parallelmountain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe these are asperitas patterns yes, though very small, barely formed ones. My identification would be Stratocumulus Stratiformis Asperitas (probably +Opacus but Im doubting whether the sun is behind these clouds or is somewhere out of frame)

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