Lenticular clouds are elliptical—on Earth as they are in heaven. Fittingly lenticular clouds sometimes get compared to, or ...

UFO-shaped formation. According to the Observatory, strong winds and westerly flow resulted in several standing lenticular clouds around the summit. “Lenticular clouds form in the crests of ...

A rare lenticular cloud formed over Palm Desert, California, this past weekend. Though it's a natural phenomenon, it feels ...

When winds at or near the ridgetops blow perpendicular to the mountain chain, mountain wave clouds like these form. Our ...

A rare cloud formation, that creates an optical illusion tricking viewers into thinking it looks like a UFO, has been seen in Turkey. The wave-like pattern is known as a lenticular cloud.

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers and space enthusiasts alike with a mesmerizing view of a lenticular ...

NGC 4753, captured by the Hubble Telescope, reveals intricate dust structures and a dark matter halo. This galaxy serves as a ...

But many users also pointed out that they thought the UFO-shaped figure was just a cloud. “That’s a lenticular cloud. They most often form around mountains but can be found pretty much anywhere.

and having our morning little hot chocolate, and there it was, the UFO. "We both went wow ... "It is called lenticular cloud... they are pretty common in New Zealand because they are created ...

The dramatic desert sunset  features lenticular clouds; the rainbow is over the San Ysidro Mountains on the western end of Borrego Springs.. Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit ...