Morning Glory Clouds, Australia
Morning Glory clouds are a spectacular cloud formation occurring mostly in the Australian sky. The Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Australia is the only known location in the world where this rare meteorological phenomenon can be predicted. These clouds occasionally do form in other parts of the world. Morning Glory clouds are part of the arcus cloud family which look like beautiful solitary waves or ripples of associated clouds. They form when sea breeze from two directions collide with each other creating a rolling cylinder effect. Rolling cloud is a name for Morning Glory because of their rolling cylinder effects while forming. These clouds stretch for as long as 1 to 2 km. Sometimes, there are groups of rolling clouds or only a single cloud.
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