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Imaggeo On Monday: The evolution of a cloud during a day

September 6, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: The evolution of a cloud during a day
The evolution of a cloud during a day. Credit: Christoph Mayr(distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

A cloud in the lee of the Patagonian Andes observed during an entire day. The shape of the cloud changed from lenticular to whirl- and funnel-shaped. Description by Christoph Mayr, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu.   Konstantinos Kourtidis also added a comment to the image, explaining more about how lenticular clouds like these can form: “That’s a great photo sequence. The ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: night cap over Mt. Fuji

January 4, 2016
Imaggeo on Mondays: night cap over Mt. Fuji
Night cap over Mt. Fuji . Credit: Erricos Pavlis (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu )

The first Imaggeo on Monday’s post of 2016 is quite spectacular! It features a lenticular cloud capping the heights of Mount Fuji, in Japan. Erricos Pavlis writes this post and describes how the unusual cloud formation comes about and why Mt. Fuji is such a prime place to catch a glimpse of this meteorological phenomena. Mount Fuji at more than 3700 m is one of the highest volcanoes in the w ...[Read More]