fuckyeahweather

9 Sep 2009

Wikipedia: Kelvin Helmholz wave clouds.jpg Kelvin Helmholtz instability clouds in San Francisco.These clouds, sometimes called “billow clouds,” are produced by instability, when horizontal layers of air brush by one another at different velocities. A better name might be van Gogh clouds: It is widely believed that these waves in the sky inspired the swirls in van Gogh’s masterpiece Starry Night

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Kelvin Helmholtz instability clouds in San Francisco.These clouds, sometimes called “billow clouds,” are produced by instability, when horizontal layers of air brush by one another at different velocities. A better name might be van Gogh clouds: It is widely believed that these waves in the sky inspired the swirls in van Gogh’s masterpiece Starry Night

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    I caught a picture of this type of cloud up in New Hampshire once. Crazy cool looking.
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