>”While I can’t verify the origin of this image, or whether it was even of the same cloud, it appears that the cloud only appeared spherical from one direction,” Lane told ScienceAlert.
>”That is, the photographer was lucky to be in the right place to capture an interesting image of what is likely an uninteresting cloud. It looks to me to be some form of cumulus fractus cloud.”
>For those of you who aren’t up with their cloud types, cumulus fractus clouds are low-hanging, fragmentary clouds that are usually small bits that have been cleaved off the edges of larger clouds by strong winds.
>That means they often look stretched or shredded, like the second perspective of the alternative perspective above.
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I think I hear a Who
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Nope.
It looks like snowball
“Cloud”
Dont let any Querdenker See this
Ah the traveler.
That’s no moon.
Alien: What do you mean they are taking photos, we have active camo!
Active camo:
Pop it
Nimbus?
https://preview.redd.it/oh114caalyqd1.png?width=418&format=png&auto=webp&s=872e92abb933bc3f17281bfd5f0ea3dd0b0365d9
Could also look like a sheep
I’m pretty sure, Horton was involved.
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Sorry guys I farted
https://i.redd.it/fj4qbz68myqd1.gif
>”While I can’t verify the origin of this image, or whether it was even of the same cloud, it appears that the cloud only appeared spherical from one direction,” Lane told ScienceAlert.
>”That is, the photographer was lucky to be in the right place to capture an interesting image of what is likely an uninteresting cloud. It looks to me to be some form of cumulus fractus cloud.”
>For those of you who aren’t up with their cloud types, cumulus fractus clouds are low-hanging, fragmentary clouds that are usually small bits that have been cleaved off the edges of larger clouds by strong winds.
>That means they often look stretched or shredded, like the second perspective of the alternative perspective above.
[This Strange ‘Spherical’ Cloud Appeared in The Sky Over Japan | ScienceAlert](https://www.sciencealert.com/this-strange-spherical-cloud-appeared-in-the-sky-over-japan)
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Nope, this is not the fucking timeline for new clouds to start dropping in…
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Assume spherical cloud…