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APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:12 am
by APOD Robot
Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna
Explanation: What's happening above that volcano? Although
Mount Etna is seen erupting, the clouds are not related to the
eruption. They are
lenticular clouds formed when moist air is forced upwards near a mountain or
volcano. The surreal scene was captured by chance late last month when the astrophotographer went to Mount Etna, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in
Sicily,
Italy, to photograph the conjunction between the Moon and the star
Aldebaran<a/>. The Moon appears in a bright <a href="ap130414.html">crescent phase, illuminating an edge of the lower lenticular cloud. Red hot
lava flows on the right. Besides some breathtaking stills, a companion
time-lapse video of the scene shows the
lenticular clouds forming and wavering as
stars trail far in the distance.
Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:05 am
by Boomer12k
Ooooh... double lenticulars...awesome...
I have only seen a couple here...but thanks to APOD was able to recognized them...
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Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:03 pm
by orin stepanek
Boomer12k wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:05 am
Ooooh... double lenticulars...awesome...
I have only seen a couple here...but thanks to APOD was able to recognized them...
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Yup; very nice photo!
Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:22 pm
by Fred the Cat
While visiting Mammoth Lakes, I photographed the same crescent moon before heading off to visit Yosemite.
A few days later the moon was setting over Mammoth mountain.
Then it slipped over the top leaving a sliver between the trams.
Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:25 pm
by neufer
orin stepanek wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:03 pm
Boomer12k wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:05 am
Ooooh... double lenticulars...awesome...
I have only seen a couple here...but thanks to APOD was able to recognized them...
Yup; very nice photo!
Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:40 am
by E Fish
The EPOD today is also lenticular clouds. What an interesting coincidence. It's neat to see the same phenomenon looking so different.
Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:00 am
by Ann
Fred the Cat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:22 pm
While visiting Mammoth Lakes, I photographed the same crescent moon before heading off to visit Yosemite.
IMG_7574.JPG
A few days later the moon was setting over Mammoth mountain.
IMG_7971 (2).JPG
Then it slipped over the top leaving a sliver between the trams.
IMG_8006.JPG
Wow, Fred, your last picture looks like a flock of birds was settling on the sliver of the Moon!
Ann
Re: APOD: Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna (2019 Aug 19)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:24 pm
by Chris Peterson
Ann wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:00 am
Fred the Cat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:22 pm
While visiting Mammoth Lakes, I photographed the same crescent moon before heading off to visit Yosemite.
IMG_7574.JPG
A few days later the moon was setting over Mammoth mountain.
IMG_7971 (2).JPG
Then it slipped over the top leaving a sliver between the trams.
IMG_8006.JPG
Wow, Fred, your last picture looks like a flock of birds was settling on the sliver of the Moon!
Well, a flock of ski lift gondolas, anyway.
