Rare cloud
Submitted: Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 14:40
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Member - Frogman (WA)
Known as "morning glory" near the Gulf of Carpentaria streches over 1000kms
and can reach speed up to 60 kms/h.just want to Image Could Not Be Foundshare this picture....
Reply By: vk1dx - Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 14:54
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 14:54
A rare and wonderful sight from the ground as
well. So I believe We hope to be up there this time next year.
Read a few years back that some hang glider or the like guys were going to check it out.
Nice pic.
Phil
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Reply By: Rip64 - Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 15:22
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 15:22
What a fantastic picture, I have one from the front
gate of the
burketown caravan
park that I felt was a good snap of cloud formation BUT yours is a ripper.
Thanks for sharing
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Reply By: Member - Tony & Julie (FNQ) - Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 16:29
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 16:29
Great picture - In the ten years I lived in the gulf they always amazed me to look at. The wind in very strong as they approach and they are quite fun to drive under on the Kurumba Plains. Cheers Tony
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Reply By: Dunco (NSW) - Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 17:00
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 17:00
Great Job !!!!!
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Reply By: On Patrol & TONI - Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 19:26
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 at 19:26
Hi Frogman
Great pic, I saw it in wikipaedia the other day after reading an article in Outback magazine (aug 2008), and then doing a little Google search on the subject.
If anyone wants to see the "full size" picture of this, follow the link.
Wikipaedia image
Cheers Colin.
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Follow Up By: Member - Greg T (ACT) - Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 at 07:28
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 at 07:28
wow, thats what it is.
i saw something like this on the way up from CAN-BRIS on the plane. a lot closer together and not as clear as that and had some underlying cloud beneath it, but i said to my self 'never seen that before'.
fantastic pic, just makes you realise the magical things you can see in Aust
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Follow Up By: Member - Tony & Julie (FNQ) - Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 at 18:00
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 at 18:00
Greg T - One thing I would suggest you did not see on that plane trip was a Morning Glory - It was another type of cloud formation :-)
These clouds happen in only two parts of the world, one place in Mexico I think.
It HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CAPE AND PREVAILING WINDS COMBINING - Woops Caps :-(
Worth seeing and researching - you will not forget them if you are on the ground when they pass over you. Cheers Tony
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Follow Up By: Member - Greg T (ACT) - Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 at 07:35
Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 at 07:35
just googled it. i guess it was not a morning glory i saw. you learn something every day
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Reply By: StormyKnight - Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 at 19:01
Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 at 19:01
I like to here the official explanation on how this forms....
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Reply By: Member - Frogman (WA) - Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 at 21:36
Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 at 21:36
hi Stormyknight
Well no one is quite sure why they form.Its a rare type of cloud that occur at altitudes up to two kilometers high. The one over
Burketown occur predictably
every spring.they might form when flowing moist,cooling air encounters an inversion layer,an atmospheric layer where air temperature atypically increase with height.these tubes and surrounding air can cause dangerous turbulence to airplanes when clear.
regards
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