From Other Space Photo

Photographer’s Note

Amazing Altocumulus lenticularis over meteorological station on King George Island, South Shetland - Polish Antarctic Station "H. Arctowski".

It was the end of winter time. During windy days this kind of clouds arise over mountains in maritime Antarctica. This lens-shaped clouds form over mountains because of wave movement of the air crossing a mountain ridge. Interesting fact is that this clouds are very stable during windy days and their position is in the same places during the same wind direction.

P.s. Technical detail, this photo is match of 10 photos made from tripod.

Please enjoy this picture in a LARGE PANORAMA too,

with best regards, Piotr Angiel

German74, devimeuxbe, pasternak, serge44, kibele66, IgorDeleze, chpp, tehanu_f, Paul65, ales, arturski has marked this note useful

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carlab (1990) 2007-11-09 6:46

it's fantastic!
tfs this wonderful image
Carla

devimeuxbe (54043) 2007-11-09 6:56

Hi Piotr
This is a wonderfull picture. The cloud is impressive and of course it's not so usual to get pictures from there.
Excellent
Bertrand

sanita (44) 2007-11-09 7:07

This is an amazing and impressive picture of the clouds,thank you

serge44 (271) 2007-11-09 7:14

beau phénomène bien capté le pano est vraiment bon
travail parfait à partir des 10 photos!
merci piotr
amitiés serge

kibele66 (2818) 2007-11-09 7:24

Hi Piotr,
I never saw clouds in this formation before. Like an oil painting.I nearly lost in the larger panoramic view. Must be cold there.
best wishes
Sibel

German74 (771) 2007-11-09 7:26

Hola Piotr, hermosa foto, es curiosa por las forma de las nubes, y gracias a tu nota es muy informativa...

Abrazos.

cantarella (5) 2007-11-09 7:30

czesc,
piekne - jak zwykle :)
robi duze wrazenie - jak ogromne ufo na koncu swiata.
niesamowite, ze na to zdjecie zlozylo sie 10 "innych".
pozdrawiam, asia

jasmis (46517) 2007-11-09 7:30

Kolejne super zdjęcie. Ma wartość zarówno artystyczną, jak i dydaktyczną.
Pozdrawiam.

jiridracek (1533) 2007-11-09 8:14

Unusual picture from unusual location. Impressive,
phantastic. Are You sure is it Altocumulus lenticularis ? Maybe UFO is landing....?
TFS and nice weekend.
jiridracek

Andrzej_HHH (2554) 2007-11-09 9:21

Hello! This cloud looks really like a space shiop form Sci-fi movie. Interesting shot. Thanks for sharing! Andrzej

fryz (1723) 2007-11-09 10:48

Très jolies lenticulaires
A+ Piotr
Vincent

toni_al (14904) 2007-11-09 10:51

Salut Pitr
Alors on ne fais pas mieux comme nuages, c'est impresionnant.
Très beau.
@+
Toni

capthaddock (28640) 2007-11-09 11:37

Wow, impressive clouds, I saw a fair share of these last week in southern chile, but was impossible to enjoy the nature because of the winds. I can only imagine how harsh the conditions must be in Antarctica, where the same winds combine with bitter cold temperatures, great timing, the stitchwork is also excellent.

IgorDeleze (9247) 2007-11-09 11:48

Hello Piotr,
Incredible clouds!
Fantastic landscape.
Greetings.
Igor

chpp (3423) 2007-11-09 12:58

hi Piotr
amazing shot of this unique cloud. it seems to be triplicated. very nice quality image and great view
cheers
chris

tehanu_f (6834) 2007-11-09 14:29

I'd like to add almost all your shots to my favorites. This one is superb, so unusual, so unearthly. Congrats.
Fusun

pasternak (12671) 2007-11-10 1:16

Hi Piotr, one word: fantastic!!! three lenticular clouds on top of each other... amazing!

Cheers
Alexander

Paul65 (1398) 2007-11-11 9:36

Witaj Andrzej!
Jestem pod wra¿eniem tego zdjêcia. Sam pope³ni³em kilka panoram, ale moja najwiêksza sk³ada³a siê maksymalnie z 4 zdjêæ. Dodatkowym atutem tego zdjêcia jest fakt, ¿e masz wspania³e na¶wietlenie kadru, a to przy panoramie jest ju¿ zdecydowanie trudniejsze ni¿ w przypadku jednego zdjêcia.
Jak mniemam panorama sk³ada siê z 10 pionowych zdjêæ.
Co siê tyczy pejza¿u to oddawana lubiê ¶ledziæ Twoj± galeriê bo jest co w niej poogl±daæ, fotografujesz miejsca bardzo egzotyczne dla Europejczyka.
Gratulujê.
Pozdrawiam Pawe³.

eric77 (617) 2007-11-14 10:40

czesc,

wow! po prostu niesamowite i jeszcze panorama!
świetne

pozdrawiam,
arek

Moyano (163) 2007-11-23 15:48

You lucky man! Antarctica, no less! Wonders of the world... thanks for sharing that.

:]

Natalia

ales (6) 2007-11-25 14:53 [Comment]

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sayeed_rahman (1738) 2007-12-06 4:34

Hello Angiel..this one too escapes my mind..can you share the details of the phenomenon..i'm curious..:)

Cheers
Sayeed

smash2707 (2516) 2008-02-14 18:11

You are right. Amazing cloud. It looks almost unreal. Great result. Regards, Yvonne

alexxiou (70) 2008-02-22 3:37

Incredible ! How lucky you are to have seen that. Thanks for sharing.
Very unusual shot.
Alexia

keda (1183) 2008-05-30 16:09

witam,
powiem tak-> zapiera dech w piersiach jak sie widzi co przyroda potrafi wyczynic i pokazac czlowiekowi...

PS zazdroszcze ze byles w takim miejscu

kyrneucciu (1278) 2008-09-04 8:13

Hi Piotr,Which chance d' to have to assist but especially to have known to capture such a moment cheer. JO

arturski (4442) 2008-10-30 2:18

Witaj Piotr!

Zdjecie zrobiles ty ale caly efekt wykonaly za Ciebie chmurki , swietne sa ladnie je uchwyciles , efektowne foto.

Pozdrawiam

Artur