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Tubular Clouds

August 24, 2009 23:06 959 views 3 Comments

Wired has short but cool article about these “tubular clouds” that form in Queensland every fall. Not sure if they mean Southern Hemisphere fall, or Northern Hemisphere fall.

morninggloryclouds.jpg

These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to be 600 miles long and can move at up to 35 miles per hour, causing problems for aircraft even on windless days.

Have any of you seen anything similar to this in Canada?

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  • Ramiel said:

    WOW…never seen such a thing!
    i must share this with everyone haha thanks!

    # 24 August 2009 at 23:50
  • Anonymous said:

    Looks like the image is doctored. Take a look at the reflection of clouds on the wing..Don’t see any tubes there!

    # 25 August 2009 at 06:33
  • Zhatt said:

    This was actaully on APOD first:
    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090824.html

    # 25 August 2009 at 11:29

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