Lenticular cloud, Greece.

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Lenticular cloud, Greece. Lenticularis lentil-shaped (from lenticula lentil) are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, typically in parallel alignment to the wind direction. They are often comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer. Nacreous clouds that form in the lower stratosphere sometimes have lenticular shapes. These lens-shaped orographic wave clouds form when the air is stable and winds blow across hills and mountains from the same or similar direction at different heights through the troposphere.

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Keywords: atmosphere, atmospheric, cloud, clouds, elongated, greece, lens, lens-shape, lenticular, lenticularis, lentil, mani, mediterranean, meteorlogical, meteorolgy, mountains, nacreous, orographic, panorama, panoramic, stratosphere, troposphere, wave, weather