The top ten strangest clouds in the world

1, pink UFO cloud

UFO clouds usually only appear at sunset, and their shapes are very similar to those of UFOs. At the same time, they are rainbow-colored and look colorful.

However, some people think that the pink flying saucer cloud is actually an alien spacecraft, but it is only covered by clouds, but there is no scientific basis, and some people have seen this kind of cloud on Mount Affara in Spain.

2. lenticular cloud

Lenticular clouds are very similar in shape to lenses or pods. This cloud is generally formed by gravitational waves with thick middle and thin edges, but in some special cases, it can also be formed by the intersection of updraft and downdraft in the atmosphere.

3. Hat Cloud

Hat clouds only appear in mountainous areas. Mainly due to the steady airflow passing through the mountains, the clouds cooled down, thus forming the shape of a hat. Therefore, it is called "hat cloud", and roger smith, a meteorologist at the University of Munich, made a detailed study of it.

4. cirrus clouds

Roll clouds are also a very interesting kind of clouds, which are famous for being shaped like rollers. Generally, it is the precursor of the coming storm, which produces the updraft of cirrus clouds, and the descending airflow is very fast, so it will be very dangerous when cirrus clouds appear, so we should pay attention to avoid them.

5. Wave clouds

Wave cloud, also called Kelvin-Helmholtz wave, is a kind of cloud that can form a wave shape. It is a series of slender lenticular clouds formed by the rise and fall of humid air, and it is one of the strangest clouds in the world.

6. Crown cloud

Generally speaking, streamer clouds appear in desert areas with relatively high altitude, which is mainly caused by compression heat. As we all know, clouds actually contain a lot of water, and streamer clouds are precipitation in clouds, which is evaporated before falling to the ground.

7. Milk Cloud

Mammatus cloud, also known as marshmallow cloud, is a kind of cloud like human breast, which is very rare.

It is generally believed that the appearance of mammatus cloud is a precursor of tornadoes and hurricanes, but according to the research of scientists, mammatus cloud often appears after thunderstorms, which is mainly formed by the encounter between cold air under cumulonimbus clouds and rising warm air.

8. Horseshoe clouds

Horseshoe Cloud is also a rare cloud, and it is one of the strangest clouds with the shortest appearance time in the world. Generally, it only appears for 1-2 minutes. Named for its horseshoe shape, it generally appears near supercell thunderstorms.

9.jellyfish cloud

Jellyfish clouds are very beautiful in shape. This cloud appears as an independent cone hanging in the sky, and the conical cloud below looks like a jellyfish swinging its tentacles.

10, perforated cloud

It is generally related to airplanes, which are condensed into liquid water droplets by thin clouds with a temperature lower than that of ice. When the plane passes through the clouds, it will create a big gap, thus creating a cloud hole.