The area between Kluane Lake and Haines Junction, Yukon, skirting the great cordillera of the Wrangell / St. Elias Mtn. range, is commonly productive of these stacked lenticular clouds ... In late summer, as the sun begins to set around 11 PM, it's beautiful to see these unique clouds, which are higher in altitude than their surrounding companions, catching the last peach colored rays of the sun.
This photo was taken on July 31, 2009 using a Panasonic DMC-G1.
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Starlisa, Sarkerbot, BlueFairlane, Brian P James, and 733 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Starlisa (45 months ago | reply)
ooooh BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you KNEW i would see this one, huh?
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chris'pic's51 (45 months ago | reply)
Wow.. 8-O
Cedar Mesa Hiker (45 months ago | reply)
Wowee Zowee! That's amazing!
*~Yogini~Astra~* (45 months ago | reply)
Divine!
Brian P James (45 months ago | reply)
WOW!
Fearon-Wood Photography (45 months ago | reply)
I love these clouds and the sun glow makes it even more interesting. Nice shot.
flipkeat (45 months ago | reply)
Holy moly is that ever cool or what..What an amazing moment to share with us..........Awesome David just awesome!! Fav for me too ;)
Hugs from Mississauga.
JuttaMK (45 months ago | reply)
WOW!!!! I've never seen anything like it. Out of this world....
Gem Images (45 months ago | reply)
Outstanding David --- reminds me of a shot of lenticular cloud over Denali, but this is better. The color and shadow looks out of this world, could imagine it on Saturn!
shane58 (45 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot David.
this must surely be a possible explanation for some UFO sightings?
Marc Shandro (45 months ago | reply)
Spectacular David! The layers in the cloud are something else. I love that area of the world, but haven't seen this phenomenon in my all-too-brief visit. This is one of the most interesting lenticular clouds I've ever seen! How about just cropping out those branches and wire at the bottom?
KvonK (45 months ago | reply)
Absolutely spectacular...thanks for sharing.
Planet 3 (45 months ago | reply)
Wooooow... never knew about these.... Fantastic!!!
velvetink / s perrin (45 months ago | reply)
Divine!
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velvetink / s perrin (45 months ago | reply)
Divine!
joe with a camera (45 months ago | reply)
That is absolutely stunning!
Good to see you back posting. So where are the year's fossil finds?
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documented.adventures (45 months ago | reply)
wowiwooow
PeteZab (45 months ago | reply)
That's amazing.
Jon Christall (45 months ago | reply)
nope. never seen that before. spectacular!
GlennCantor (theskepticaloptimist) (45 months ago | reply)
What an incredible cloud formation. I've read about them, but never seen them. I can really appreciate the name now.
orvaratli (45 months ago | reply)
That is one amazing looking clouds. It must have had a glowing spaceship hidden inside it!
A beautiful mountain or a reflecting lake in the foreground would have made this picture a masterpiece.
silliopolous (45 months ago | reply)
That is incredibly cool! Thanks for capturing this moment for us all to see.
Chuck Sutherland (45 months ago | reply)
Wow, great work!
Kuskulana Steve (45 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Eric Webb (45 months ago | reply)
Fantastic capture~!!
elbuiles (45 months ago | reply)
Great pic!!
lonniec61 (45 months ago | reply)
wow, I never would have believed my own eyes!!
mglo (45 months ago | reply)
Woooooooowwwwwww...!!!!!!!
AGrinberg (45 months ago | reply)
Yea - wow - no wonder people believe in flying saucers.
tsubame (45 months ago | reply)
The clouds themselves are works of art on their own. But this moment where the light caught the layers of the one cloud only is incredible. Reading your comments reminds me that nature is creating beautiful moments all the time somewhere in the world and it sure is wonderful that sometimes a skillfully used camera is there to capture some of those moments.
Cool HDR (Chris Pokorny) (45 months ago | reply)
Cloud pictures usually don't excite me but this one is really unique! Great job!
Eef™ (45 months ago | reply)
WAUW!!!!
NaturalLight (45 months ago | reply)
Fantastic and otherworldly.....
BlueFairlane (45 months ago | reply)
You made Explore with this one ... a beautiful shot.
Luberon (Suzanne Bonnefond) (45 months ago | reply)
it is awesome !!
kdawg16a (45 months ago | reply)
Awesome.
idog~ (45 months ago | reply)
WOW, awesome!
mela.de.gypsie (45 months ago | reply)
whoa... that certainly is a sight to see...
Daniel Murray (southnz) (45 months ago | reply)
Absolutely stunning! We also get quite a few of these here in NZ, although your photo showcases a particularly amazing example!
¨Weston¨ (45 months ago | reply)
amazing!!
l.gilpellin (45 months ago | reply)
!Nice capture !, congratuletions
.fulvio (45 months ago | reply)
outstanding
davic (45 months ago | reply)
awesome color!!
Ozgurmulazimoglu (45 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called L'amicizia fa la differenza - Friendship makes the difference, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Hilda Randulv (45 months ago | reply)
Oh my! Great colours.
[Adam Baker] (45 months ago | reply)
no freaking way!
Christian_3 (45 months ago | reply)
Cool!!!
BamaWester (45 months ago | reply)
WOW.....that is nothing short of amazing. What an incredible site to see, let alone photograph. Instant fave.
laverrue (45 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Crème de la Crème/Cream of the cream, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Ricardo Borgo (45 months ago | reply)
wow !