Amazing photographs of impressive-looking and very rare cloud phenomena that occurred in various places around the globe.
Lenticular cloud, Mt. Fuji, Japan
Mammatus clouds, Ft. Worth, TX
Asperatus formation, Canterbury, New Zealand
Roll cloud hang glider, Queensland, Australia
Mammatus over Quebec
Shelf cloud, North Dakota
Nacreous clouds, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Lenticulars, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Cumulonimbus, Nelson, BC
Lenticular UFO, Patagonia
Shelf cloud, Cape Cod, MA
Altocumulus from the ISS
Mammatus, Manhattan
Noctilucent clouds over the Tibetan Plateau
Morning glories, Queensland, Australia
Lenticular funnel, Palm Springs, CA
Fog bow, Sydney, Australia
Shelf cloud, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Waterspout, Balearic Islands, Spain
Mammatus storm, Norman, OK
Altocumulus, Layton, NJ
Mammatus, Salem, OR
Lenticular arcs, Seattle
Roll cloud, Punta del Este, Uruguay
“God in the Clouds,” Mt. Baker, Washington
Cloud iridescence, Arizona
Mammatus, Colorado Springs, CO
Lenticular clouds, France
Shelf cloud, Miami, FL
Stratus clouds, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
Cumulonimbus, Ft. Worth, TX
Lenticular ribbon, Tarurua Range, New Zealand
Noctilucent clouds, Viljandimaa, Estonia
Wall cloud, Kansas
Glories and vortices, Baja
Mammatus, Brooklyn Park, MN
Lenticular ribbon, Las Vegas, NV
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability clouds, Seattle
HDR Mammatus, NYC
Pileus cloud, Chitlapakkam, India
Arcus layers, Australia
Fallstreak hole, Linz, Austria
Lenticular UFO, Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Wave clouds, Tadrart region, Algeria
Shelf cloud, Kearney, NE
Wall cloud, South Dakota
Cirrocumulus cloud, Chilbridge, England
Cumulonimbus, Beverley, England
Lenticular roll cloud?, Lake Tahoe, NV
Arcus clouds, Wellington, New Zealand
Mammatus, Saylorsburg, PA
Cirrostratus nebulosus, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Cloud iridescence
Lenticular clouds, France
“The Cloud of Darkness,” Silver City, NM
Lenticular blanket, Lebanon, MI
Wave cloud, Amsterdam Island
Cumulonimbus, Melbourne, Australia
Shelf cloud, Hampton, MN
Vortex cloud, Wallops Island, VA