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elleng

(130,908 posts) Sun Mar 3, 2024, 04:27 PM Mar 3

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Rare, magnificent wave clouds formed atop Catoctin Mountains in Maryland Sunday morning

SO COOL. Rare, magnificent wave clouds formed atop Catoctin Mountains in Maryland Sunday morning due to something called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
Thanks to Kristy Pottol for photographing them between Middletown & Hagerstown and sharing.
Read how they formed ⬇️

The rare clouds, formed by a phenomenon known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, occur as a result of differences in air density in adjacent layers of the sky.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/03/maryland-wave-clouds-kelvin-helmholtz/?

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Rare, magnificent wave clouds formed atop Catoctin Mountains in Maryland Sunday morning (Original Post) elleng Mar 3 OP

They look like someone painted them on the sky. sinkingfeeling Mar 3 #1

sinkingfeeling

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1. They look like someone painted them on the sky.

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Sun Mar 3, 2024, 04:59 PM

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