# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DAD6TlQOM3E
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23317143-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/f2591e3c30.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-09-18T14:01:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Scully, you’re not going to believe this….🛸

We’re not saying it’s clouds, but…it’s clouds. Believe it! Lenticular clouds may look otherworldly, ready to land on the horizon or perhaps lift up a barnyard animal, but they’re actually the result of normal scientific processes right here on Earth.

These stationary clouds form at high altitudes near mountain ranges. When stable humid air blows over the top of a mountain, it can form a group of waves on the range’s downwind side. If the temperature is low enough on this side, the moisture in the air will condense and form flying saucer-shaped clouds.

Image 1: Lenticular clouds seen in the distance from whitesandsnps 
Image 2: Lenticular Clouds over greatsanddunesnps NPS/Patrick Myers
Image 3: Lenticular clouds over a mountain summit at denalinps. NPS/Frank Jahn
Image 4: Lenticular clouds over mountains at katmainpp NPS Photo/K. Grossman

#believe #clouds #weather #lenticularclouds #nationalparks

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

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lenticularclouds, clouds, nationalparks, weather, believe

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