Monday, August 29, 2011

Morning Glory gliding video

A Morning Glory cloud is a rare meteorological phenomenon that occurs in few places in the world.

From wikipedia:
The Morning Glory cloud is a rare meteorological phenomenon occasionally observed in different locations around the world. The southern part of Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed on a more or less regular basis. The settlement of Burketown attracts glider pilots intent on riding this phenomenon.


And here's a video footage of a glider pilot riding one of these beautiful clouds.

12 comments:

  1. i am a huge fan of the weather and the morning glory is one of my favorite weather phenomenon.

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  2. Another beautiful surprise from our amazing planet. Didn't know about these clouds. Cool video and song as well.

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  3. just looks awesome. wow, the wonders of our planet aye

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  4. it reminds me of chemtrails kind of

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  5. wow, would be awesome to see for real!

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  6. @Timothy, I imagine a conspiracy theorist dying of heart attack at the sight of such a HUGE chemtrail ;D

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  7. I've never ever heard of it! And that's strange 'cause this looks amazing! O_o :)

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  8. I would love to go flying like that, what an amazing hobby to have!

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