The wispy oblong, known by locals as the "Taieri Pet," is an elongated altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC) that frequently appears between the towns Middlemarch and Hyde in the Otago ...

Lenticular clouds are rare, lens-shaped clouds that often form near mountains. They look so much like flying saucers that people sometimes mistake them for UFOs.

The prefix “alto” (meaning “high”) helps distinguish mid-level clouds from their lower-level counterparts (such as altostratus vs stratus). NWS cloud chart. Click to expand to full-size.

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Altocumulus clouds over the Southern Ocean and Antarctic coast. Photos were taken by a forward-looking camera each day. The height and radiation indicated in each photo are the approximate cloud ...

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Astronomers have smashed the record for the largest-known cloud of energetic particles discovered surrounding a galactic cluster—and the find could shake up established physics. The cluster in ...

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It showcases the atramentous molecular cloud known as the Chamaeleon I dark cloud. Located about 500 light-years away, Chamaeleon I is the nearest active star-forming region to Earth.

Thankfully, the marine clouds are only supported by light onshore winds. As we move into the mid-morning hours, the winds will shift to light offshore flow and banish that marine layer to the far ...