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elleng

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Sun Mar 3, 2024, 03:27 PM Mar 2024

Rare, magnificent wave clouds formed atop Catoctin Mountains in Maryland Sunday morning

SO COOL. Rare, magnificent wave clouds formed atop Catoctin Mountains in Maryland Sunday morning due to something called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
Thanks to Kristy Pottol for photographing them between Middletown & Hagerstown and sharing.
Read how they formed ⬇️

The rare clouds, formed by a phenomenon known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, occur as a result of differences in air density in adjacent layers of the sky.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/03/maryland-wave-clouds-kelvin-helmholtz/?

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Rare, magnificent wave clouds formed atop Catoctin Mountains in Maryland Sunday morning (Original Post) elleng Mar 2024 OP
They look like someone painted them on the sky. sinkingfeeling Mar 2024 #1
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