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Spotted over New Zealand’s South Island, a stunning ‘UFO cloud’ called the ‘Taieri Pet’ always reappears in the same spot. This elongated altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC) forms when winds meet the mountains, creating atmospheric waves that cool and condense water vapor into its mesmerizing shape.
#TaieriPet #UFOCloud #LenticularCloud #EarthScience #GoodNews #NewZealand
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Marvelous Lenticularis [NASA Earth Observatory Image Of The Day, September 13th, 2024]
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153312/marvelous-lenticularis <-- shared technical post
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taieri_Pet <-- Taieri Pet wikipedia page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #lenticular #cloud #remotesensing #TaieriPet #middlemarch #otago #newzealand #weather #climate #topography #OLI #operationallandimager #landsat #landsat8 #opendata #MetService #lenticulars
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