Whatever it is, it's pretty weird looking. Cool find. I wonder where this took place and if anyone else got it from different angles? I didn't recognize the language at the beginning.
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Posted 06 November 2012 - 10:30 PM
The cloud itself isn't all that extraordinary, looks like a large cumulonimbus cloud. I've seen other video's where that lacy top of the cloud actually "flips" for lack of a better word. Here is an example...
in this example the higher sort of wisps seem to flip like they are changing polarization somehow. The OP's cloud as far as I see isn't really all that different than storm clouds I've seen here in the US (that one was taken in Indonesia I guess.)
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darkmoonlady, on 06 November 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:
The cloud itself isn't all that extraordinary, looks like a large cumulonimbus cloud. I've seen other video's where that lacy top of the cloud actually "flips" for lack of a better word. Here is an example...
in this example the higher sort of wisps seem to flip like they are changing polarization somehow. The OP's cloud as far as I see isn't really all that different than storm clouds I've seen here in the US (that one was taken in Indonesia I guess.)
Now that really is weird! Almost like lightning that 'can't get started' ...... just a little bit that keeps 'hiccupping' but can't move on.
darkmoonlady, on 06 November 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:
The cloud itself isn't all that extraordinary, looks like a large cumulonimbus cloud. I've seen other video's where that lacy top of the cloud actually "flips" for lack of a better word. Here is an example...
*snipped vid* in this example the higher sort of wisps seem to flip like they are changing polarization somehow. The OP's cloud as far as I see isn't really all that different than storm clouds I've seen here in the US (that one was taken in Indonesia I guess.)
Yeah, that is bizarre. It led me to another similar one:
Sure is an amazing planet we live on. Wonder what that is exactly?
Imaginarynumber1, on 06 November 2012 - 11:40 PM, said:
I would think that it has to do with ice crystals and electric fields, courtesy of our friend lightning. I'm no cloudologist, though.
Yes, you're probably right. It's really interesting the way that it reshapes the clouds though, like a smudge or warp tool in an image editor would do. Perhaps someone familiar with whatever this actually is will pipe in.
Yes, you're probably right. It's really interesting the way that it reshapes the clouds though, like a smudge or warp tool in an image editor would do. Perhaps someone familiar with whatever this actually is will pipe in.
If it's not just CG, then I imagine the reshaping would be due to the high winds up there. Or aliens. Reptilian ones.
Edited by Imaginarynumber1, 06 November 2012 - 11:52 PM.
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