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Large, layered lenticular cloud stretches above the landscape of Owens Valley, southeastern California, with scrub vegetation in the foreground.

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Also known as: UFO cloud, flying-saucer cloud, lenticular cloud(Show More)

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They may produce clouds, called wave clouds, when the air becomes saturated with water vapour at the top of the wave.
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They may produce clouds, called wave clouds, when the air becomes saturated with water vapour at the top of the wave.
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…called lenticular (lens-shaped) or “wave” clouds. Thin wave clouds may form at great heights (up to 10 km, even over hills only a few hundred metres high) and occasionally are observed in the stratosphere (at 20 to 30 km [12 to 19 miles]) over the mountains of Norway, Scotland,…
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…called lenticular (lens-shaped) or “wave” clouds. Thin wave clouds may form at great heights (up to 10 km, even over hills only a few hundred metres high) and occasionally are observed in the stratosphere (at 20 to 30 km [12 to 19 miles]) over the mountains of Norway, Scotland,…
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