A Nasa satellite has imaged an odd-shaped cloud called the “Taieri Pet”, appearing yet again over New Zealand ’s South Island where it was last seen. The satellite image shows the strange elongated ...
Though it sounds like alien sci-fi, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation: the peculiar cloud is an altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC), according to NASA, which is created when ...
A peculiar "pet cloud" took center stage in a recent satellite photo of New Zealand. The freaky formation often appears in the same spot thanks to a nearby mountain range — and is sometimes ...
"This phenomenon can develop when high and mid-level clouds are present, like altocumulus or cirrocumulus. Sometimes, water droplets in these clouds are 'supercooled, ' meaning the water droplets ...