Stack of pancakes to ones, UFO saucers to others, but really it‘s just one of the nature‘s miracles – lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis or, more colloquailly, lennies). This stunning meteorological phenomenon is created by three ingredients: warm and moist air, winds with constant height and something big, like a tall mountain. Simply speaking, when a current of air hits an obstacle in its way, it begins to travel upwards and starts to condense forming a lens-shaped cloud, often from two or more layers. Check out these beautiful examples, we guarantee you a WOW effect.
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