The Way i Go

Morning Glory Clouds Over Australia What causes these long, strange clouds? No one is sure. A rare type of cloud known as a Morning Glory cloud can stretch 1,000 kilometers long and occur at altitudes up to two kilometers high. Although similar roll clouds have been seen at specific places across the world, the ones overBurketown, Queensland Australia occur predictably every spring. Long, horizontal, circulating tubes of air might form when flowing, moist, cooling air encounters an inversion layer, an atmospheric layer where air temperature atypically increases with height. These tubes and surrounding air could cause dangerous turbulence for airplanes when clear. 

Morning Glory clouds can reportedly achieve an airspeed of 60 kilometers per hour over a surface with little discernible wind. Pictured above, photographer Mick Petroff photographed some Morning Glory clouds from his airplane near the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.

Related posts:

1. Leaf House in Australia by Undercurrent Architects
2. Teen Lives Real-Life GTA Game
3. How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World?
4. Attitude Chair Rocks with Six Legs
5. 3,604 Coffee Cups to create the Mona Lisa