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Lenticular Clouds #2

Lenticular clouds over Moel Famau, North Wales

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Every now and then the atmospheric conditions over North Wales combine to produce something spectacular.

On this occasion, moist air coming in off the Irish Sea and then being forced to rise and cool over the Clwydian range of mountains just inland caused some interesting and beautiful lenticular clouds to form on the upwind slopes.

The show lased a few hours, and was enjoyed by many, if posts on Facebook are anything to go by.

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Image data

Filename - clouds lenticular 02.jpg

Camera - Canon 6D

Lens - 17-40mm zoom @ 17mm

Exposure - 1/60sec @ f11, ISO100

Location - Moel Famau, North Wales

This image - 533x800px JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Polarising filter used to darken sky.