Ridonkulous Lenticularis

Jun 15, 2012; 12:24 PM ET

Like that headline? I also thought up the one in this week’s AccuWeather.com story about Lenticular Clouds: “Tasmanian… Devilish Lenticular Clouds.” The photo that sparked the article was uploaded by ABC, and yes, it was from Tasmania. I thought I’d take this opportunity to showcase some of my photos of what are officially called “Altocumulus Lenticularis.” My first favorite shot that I took was on December 22, 2010, from South Nixon Road just a few miles from AccuWeather HQ:

As I said in the article: “Lenticular clouds don’t “move” – they are continually reformed over the same location by new air rising up and over a mountain, condensing and producing the clouds.” Next up is a photo I took (on 35mm film) in 1992 of lenticular clouds at Mount Mitchell, N.C. (highest point in the East). I remastered this photo from the original film scan and used Oloneo PhotoEngine to reprocess it in HDR, then Adobe Photoshop CS3 to remove dust and scratches. (the original photo is here.

Here’s a link to our story, including some lenticular shots from our Photo Gallery (more here) and the Internet in general:

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