# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/8bcklgk9k8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461376-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2e1ae61824.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-10-04T20:19:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

This photo shows a #lenticular #cloud formation over #Antarctica's Lemaire Channel. Lenticular clouds, which often resemble #spaceships, form when #air moves quickly over a #mountain that protrudes at about a right angle to the #wind direction. This movement gives rise to a type of #wave much like the ripples that emanate from the point at which a #rock is thrown into water. The #water carried in the air then condenses into a cloud.
#photooftheday #science #weather #atmosphere #sky #photography #nature #earth
📷: GettyImages/Steve Allen

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## Tags

earth, antarctica, mountain, photooftheday, atmosphere, photography, wind, air, sky, nature, science, spaceships, wave, lenticular, cloud, water, rock, weather

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