Amazing cloud formation in the Azores

Su Campu

This great photo of Altocumulus Lenticularis was shot this week on the Azores island of Ilha do Pico, and posted in a Portuguese forum yesterday. The peak in question, Pico Pequeno, is 2531m high, the highest peak in portugal.

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amazing picture

Trogdor

Thanks Su, that's a great example alright!

Hal1

Great snap, perfect form.

Takeshi_Kovacs

Pretty impressive alright, i remember seeing a few pics like that of MT Fuji in Japan.


Slightly hijacking the thread a small bit, but would this be the same type of cloud formation?
It is from a few years ago, when i was going home and saw the top part getting closer to the bottom two clouds, thought it looked pretty strange, so i raced home to get the camera out. By the time i arrived, it had changed shape and position again and looked even better. 5 mins later and it started breaking up. The pic is a composite of about 4-5 different images, as i didn't have a wide enough lens.

Hal1

They look identical, they have the same characteristics with the stacked layers etc. I would call them lenti's alright. That's a brilliant pic btw nicely lit up by the sunset.

Su Campu

Here's a nice timplapse of Mount Fuji, Japan. It looks like it lasts maybe a couple of months?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=40c_1268786982

ninebeanrows

Wow, thats impressive.