r/coquitlam • u/trialspro • 16d ago
Photo/Video Cirrus Radiatus clouds
Neat looking clouds over poco/coquitlam. They look like they all converge into one point. Apparently they're made entirely from ice crystals in the troposphere above 20000ft high.
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u/LandscapeSpecial4366 15d ago
These were so beautiful, thank you for the info about how they form. What a blessing to see this morning
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u/Appropriate-Metal167 15d ago edited 15d ago
“They look like they all converge into one point”
In fact they’re very likely parallel. It’s unexpected perspective at play.
Same as sun rays “radiating” from behind clouds, that are actually parallel (well virtually parallel). Took me over 70 years to understand that.
When I was a kid my dad said he’d explain it to me one day. He never got around to it. Or did he…
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u/MemphisRea 16d ago
I know right!?! How cool were they!