Lenticular clouds in the water and sky (Cloud ships)

Earthsky.org - 6/4/13, Chris Comfort

Lenticular clouds reflecting in the water at 20 Lakes Basin, photographed by EarthSky Facebook friend Lenticular clouds captured in the sky and in the water’s reflection at 20 Lakes Basin by photographer John A. Rossetto Jr

Today’s image of lenticular clouds – lens-shaped clouds at high altitudes – comes from EarthSky Facebook friend, John A. Rossetto Jr. He captured this photo at 20 Lakes Basin, near Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada. He wrote:

It had been windy all day. These high laminar winds are required for the formation of lenticular clouds. The winds laid down right at dusk, the waters of the lake smoothed out to allow the reflection of the sunset to double the fun. The brook trout also enjoyed the calming, as a feeding frenzy took place. This is one of the few photos I took that did not have the reflection disturbed by the ripples of surface feeding trout.

 

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