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Photo: Strange clouds over Sea of Okhotsk

20 Jun 2007

Strange clouds over Hokkaido --

This photograph, taken June 18 from a Japan Coast Guard aircraft off the northeastern coast of Hokkaido, shows a bird’s-eye view of cloud streets over the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the Sapporo Meteorological Observatory, these low-altitude stratocumulus clouds were rolled into long, distinctive ribbons after becoming trapped in air currents. While it is not uncommon for wind to form such patterns in stratocumulus clouds, photos that clearly show the clouds rolled into strips are rare, says the observatory.

UPDATE: Watch the video.

[Source: Mainichi]

15 responses to: “Photo: Strange clouds over Sea of Okhotsk”

  1. OMG chemtrails in Japan now!?

    J/K

  2. Cloud Streets…

    Found something really cool while reading pink tentacle, where clouds have formed in to “streets”. Apparently its not a rare occurance, but its pretty rare to get a photo that so clearly displays……

  3. […] 20 06 2007 Photo: Strange clouds over Sea of Okhotsk: “This photograph, taken June 18 from a Japan Coast Guard aircraft off the northeastern coast […]

  4. whew…just saw the title and thought it was another weird anomaly due to global warming

  5. WOoow !

    I didn’t know clouds could have such a shape.

    Great picture.

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  7. Nicole S

    Wow, that is really beautiful. I have never seen clouds do that before!

  8. Janet Castro

    Is a copy of this photograph (cloud streets) available for purchase? I am fascinated by it. Thank you

  9. isent this cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. Mau

    WoW, very astonishing!.. I can’t believe clouds can do that! very impressive!.. The first though that went into my mind when i saw this picture was about an alien made a “crop circles” or shall i call it “cloud circles”.. LOL.. Anyway, it’s very peculiar but amazing.. :D

  11. Mau

    *the first thing* heheh sorry for the typo..

  12. Mau

    i mean grammar.. XD

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  14. Kayla

    This is so wierd! But coll, and a bit creepy!

  15. Eden

    This Is AWSOME I used it For my projects cover page( the project was on clouds)I also used the info thanks whoever got that video/picture.

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