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Other special clouds

17.3.2023 at 16.27 - 18.00 - Vantaa (IV)
Tuomas Aumala

At first, the Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud was weakly visible here and there among the messy Altocumulus, mainly in the western direction, but from 17:50 to 18:00 a very clear wave appeared in the east with a good contrast against the light background.

Images: 6 pcs

Other special clouds

14.2.2023 at 16.52 - 17.57 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Aumala

Lenticular stacks at sunset. Second time now in a short time, but these were more spectacular. There was a couple of small undulations in the upper surface of the cloud, but no clear fluctus.

Images: 4 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Pearl clouds

11.2.2023 at 16.50 - 17.37 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Aumala

The thin pale gauze was visible moderately wide in the southwestern sky. Too pale to be Cirrostratus, so I interpreted it as a nacreous cloud. Farther on the horizon, the gauze was thicker and orange. The thicker cloud visible on the horizon remained visible longer.

Images: 6 pcs

Other special clouds

30.1.2023 at 15.41 - 16.25 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Aumala

Lenticular stacks in Stratocumulus to the south. According to my calculations, there were at least five floors.

Images: 3 pcs

Iridescent clouds

15.12.2022 at 13.16 - 13.18 - Hattula (I)
Tuomas Aumala

From the window of the train, I saw the clouds of color as I watched how the upper surfaces of Cirrocumulus lenticularis started to wave like a fluctus. However, the train moved forward at such a good pace that the clouds did not stay in front of the sun for long and the color cloud quickly weakened. Shortly after this, the train turned north and the waves, which were still getting stronger, fell outside the view allowed by the window. The pictures are a bit blurry because of the aforementioned window and there are some reflections. In the first image, I have adjusted the color balance and sat...

Images: 4 pcs

Other special clouds

30.10.2022 at 16.56 - 17.14 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Aumala

I went through old pictures and noticed that I hadn't made an observation report about these Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds. At that time, I was photographing the handsome Cirrocumulus formations that took over the sky, when the Altocumulus that was below them started to raise waves. Altocumulus stratiformis fluctus.

Images: 3 pcs

Other special clouds

29.8.2022 at 19.10 - 20.00 - Vantaa (IV)
Tuomas Aumala

Spectacular Kelvin-Helmholtz ripples in the middle cloud on Monday evening. Waves were generated several times in about an hour at the same height.

Images: 6 pcs

Image of an exceptional thunder cloud

28.8.2022 at 19.03 - 19.06 - Vantaa (III)
Tuomas Aumala

The Murus attachment descended in a few minutes from the base of the Cumulonimbus in the eastern direction.

Images: 7 pcs

Other special clouds

10.8.2022 at 18.52 - 18.56 - Vantaa (IV)
Tuomas Aumala

The upper surface of Altocumulus lenticularis undulated handsomely. A clear fluctus, in other words a Kelvin-Helmholz wave cloud. Was over in a few minutes.

Images: 6 pcs

Rocket-related clouds

1.8.2022 at 23.34 - Posio (II)
Tuomas Aumala

While boating on Lake Kitka, I suddenly noticed a very bright point of light in the sky going north. At first I thought it was a satellite, but then I noticed a small gas cloud surrounding it, illuminated by the sun. It took a while to dig out the camera, and at that point the target had already disappeared to the north. I firmly believe that it was the upper stage of the Soyuz 2.1v launch vehicle that left Russia a few minutes earlier.

Comments: 1 pcs

Other special clouds

6.1.2022 at 13.52 - 13.54 - Hattula (IV)
Tuomas Aumala

We drove a car on Pälkänneentie when the strenuous Stratus in the east started to wave a bit. I started to take a few pictures when the Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud was at its best.

Images: 7 pcs

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