This photograph, taken June 18 from a Japan Coast Guard aircraft off the northeastern coast of Hokkaido, shows a bird's-eye view of cloud streets over the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the Sapporo Meteorological Observatory, these low-altitude stratocumulus clouds were rolled into long, distinctive ribbons after becoming trapped in air currents. While it is not uncommon for wind to form such patterns in stratocumulus clouds, photos that clearly show the clouds rolled into strips are rare, says the observatory.
UPDATE: Watch the video.
[Source: Mainichi]
Candice
OMG chemtrails in Japan now!?
J/K
[]Jamaipanese
whew...just saw the title and thought it was another weird anomaly due to global warming
[]UFO
WOoow !
I didn't know clouds could have such a shape.
Great picture.
[]Nicole S
Wow, that is really beautiful. I have never seen clouds do that before!
[]Janet Castro
Is a copy of this photograph (cloud streets) available for purchase? I am fascinated by it. Thank you
[]marie
isent this cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[]Mau
WoW, very astonishing!.. I can't believe clouds can do that! very impressive!.. The first though that went into my mind when i saw this picture was about an alien made a "crop circles" or shall i call it "cloud circles".. LOL.. Anyway, it's very peculiar but amazing.. :D
[]Mau
*the first thing* heheh sorry for the typo..
[]Mau
i mean grammar.. XD
[]Kayla
This is so wierd! But coll, and a bit creepy!
[]Eden
This Is AWSOME I used it For my projects cover page( the project was on clouds)I also used the info thanks whoever got that video/picture.
[]Eva Pourová (Computer Press Publishing House)
Dear Madam / Dear Sir,
I am contacting you on behalf of Computer Press, a leading publishing house in the Czech Republic.
We are currently working on a new Atlas of Clouds, and we have come across your photograph "Strange Clouds over Sea of Okhotsk" that we find very interesting.
I would like to ask whether it would be possible to include this picture in our book?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
[]Best wishes,
Eva Pourová
Computer Press Publishing House
Czech Republic
parkland girl
wow my peeps its a cloud growing crops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[]Japanophile Lisa
This is very enchanting, I thought it was digitally altered until I saw the part about the Meteorological Observatory. VERY facinating, I hope to see more like this ^^
[]dex_rEvolution
Chemtrails fo sho...
[]lulu
very impressed at first i thought it wasn't real amazing!!!
[]Andy Wilmot
This morning it was cold in Victoria Australia , I saw a cloud that looked like the trademark of Nike , three photos ( Two zoomed ) were taken of it ...... I'll submit it to a website someday . I like this photo .
[]Janay
yea ive seen those, they're known as morning glory clouds
[]they are so different but interesting
fo sheezy Mc eazy!
yo ma hoe those clouds be trppin'
[]Zodiak
these clouds are more than they seem .. visitors have been here for a long time and right in our faces . google the words "weird clouds" and you may see what i mean with an open mind. believe not which is taught but what you feel
[]laura
Tbf when i first seen this i didnt belive it what so ever,
but then i looked again an i thought it was amazingggg`!
luckyy peeps!
[]Nomadic Samuel
Fascinating clouds! It's like cotton candy in the sky :)
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