roll cloud
very long weird cloud rolling in the sky!
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2. banzemanga commented 13 years ago
It is a massive vertical tornado!
Nature is as amazing as ever.
Nature is as amazing as ever.
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5. tiggfigg commented 13 years ago
Barrel Roll, Barrel Roll, DO DO DO A BARREL ROLL!!!! DO THE BARREL ROLL!!!!
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7. zerorain commented 13 years ago
global warming Fing up our clouds...
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9. GhostInShell commented 13 years ago
A roll cloud is a low, horizontal, tube-shaped, and relatively rare type of arcus cloud. They differ from shelf clouds by being completely detached from other cloud features. Roll clouds usually appear to be "rolling" about a horizontal axis. They can be described as a solitary wave or a soliton, which is a wave that has a single crest and moves without changing speed or shape. One of the most famous frequent occurrences is the Morning Glory cloud in Queensland, Australia. One of the main causes of the Morning Glory cloud is the mesoscale circulations associated with sea breezes that develop over the Cape York peninsula and the Gulf of Carpentaria. However similar features can be created by downdrafts from thunderstorms and are not exclusively associated with coastal regions.
Coastal roll clouds have been seen over California, the English Channel, Shetland Islands, Lithuania, Eastern Russia, other maritime regions of Australia, off the Mexican coast in the Sea of Cortez, Uruguay, in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario and Campos dos Goytacazes and Coronel Vivida bay in Brazil.
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Coastal roll clouds have been seen over California, the English Channel, Shetland Islands, Lithuania, Eastern Russia, other maritime regions of Australia, off the Mexican coast in the Sea of Cortez, Uruguay, in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario and Campos dos Goytacazes and Coronel Vivida bay in Brazil.
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11. sidewinder commented 13 years ago
It seems to be a HAARP job!?
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12. stretchpadawan commented 13 years ago
Wheres the rest ?!? I wanted to see it go over
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25. thundersnow commented 11 years ago
Interesting meteorological phenomenon. Thanks #9 for the info.
+9 1. pidgeburger commented 13 years ago