Wavy clouds at night
These wavy clouds arise due to small, but growing perturbances in the shear layer between two fluids with different flow velocities. This phenomenon is called Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Florian Heinlein (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
1.8 MB
Width
3456 px
Height
2592 px
Aspect
4:3
Brand
Panasonic
Model
DMC-TZ5
Exposure
22 mm f/4.7 1/8 s ISO 800
Taken
10 March 2009
Coordinates
54.6956, 25.2898
Tint
Dark purplish blue
Submitted
19 February 2014
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