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For the bottom one, check out Undulatus asperatus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undulatus_asperatus The top one looks like a combination of lenticular and cumulus formations. As with many things, it may not fit neatly into a certain category. Thanks very much for your help. Yes, I looked at the lin...

We saw these clouds on August 12 at Mt. Chokai in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Obviously there are some strong winds up there on the mountain in the upper photo and that is causing a - what - to happen please. In the lower photo these clouds appear to be close to mammatus clouds, right? But, probably...

WOW nitpicker - you did a heck of a lot of research for me! I appreciate it and I believe that you are correct. Thank you so very much. I think that we can let this matter sleep now. Thanks to everybody else who replied too. I'll never forget you all.

I know that I've seen an image very similar to this (top one) here at one time and it explained it perfectly, but it is not the one neufer posted. I did a search for shadow, mirage, mountain shadow and several others but I can't find it. I remember that when I saw that post that I immediately said t...

Note please - that I just edited my previous post with the information that I was at the top of the mountain and could not see the sun until the 5:02 AM shot.

What you are seeing is the Sea of Japan and a few clouds lying close to the water, looking from east to west. The time is 4:50 AM. Supposedly, the sunrise was at 4:47 AM on that date at this latitude and longitude (I just checked the navy's sunrise/sunset data), so I suppose technically it is after ...

Thanks for your help with this guys, I appreciate it! Anybody else want to offer anything?

Thanks nitpicker - but you found your error. Yes, the sun will be rising behind the camera - and in another 30 minutes we were able to see the "real" shadow of the mountain! neufer - I don't think that's the image I saw here several years ago and it does not seem to fit the situation I des...

I know that I have seen this explained somewhere on APOD, but a search brought up no results for me. If you view the picture at http://danwiz.com/IndexPagePhotos/Aug09_028PSHDR_MtChokai_SunriseTimeRC.jpg you'll see some anti-crepuscular rays and a shadow of the mountain we are standing upon. But - t...