Photo: Strange clouds over Sea of Okhotsk
20 Jun 2007
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]
OMG chemtrails in Japan now!?
J/K
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whew…just saw the title and thought it was another weird anomaly due to global warming
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WOoow !
I didn’t know clouds could have such a shape.
Great picture.
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Wow, that is really beautiful. I have never seen clouds do that before!
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Is a copy of this photograph (cloud streets) available for purchase? I am fascinated by it. Thank you
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isent this cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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
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*the first thing* heheh sorry for the typo..
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i mean grammar.. XD
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This is so wierd! But coll, and a bit creepy!
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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.
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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
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wow my peeps its a cloud growing crops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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 ^^
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Chemtrails fo sho…
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very impressed at first i thought it wasn’t real amazing!!!
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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 .
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yea ive seen those, they’re known as morning glory clouds
they are so different but interesting
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