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This strange 'spherical' cloud appeared in the sky over Japan Bizarre
pictures coming out of Japan last week show what appears to be an oddly
spherical cloud hovering over the city of Fujisawa, just south of
Tokyo.
According to reports from the photographer, the cloud started to lose its shape as soon as it was photographed, and then rapidly faded into the sky as if it never existed. "When I looked out of the car window I saw a round ball-shaped cloud. I gazed at the cloud for a while then I rushed to take the photo," Twitter user @pmxpvrtmx (Poppy) told local Japanese news outlet, Rocket News 24.
"When I saw the cloud it was an even more spherical shape, so I regret not taking the photo more quickly."
While the pictures shot at Shonandai station on Sunday afternoon have not been independently verified, this is not the first time a fluffy cloud ball has been spotted in recent years. The images below, captured by Twitter user @NicoSpqy9ba9 (Nico) in 2015, show a similar phenomenon elsewhere in Japan. While the pictures shot at Shonandai station on Sunday afternoon have not been independently verified, this is not the first time a fluffy cloud ball has been spotted in recent years. The images below, captured by Twitter user @NicoSpqy9ba9 (Nico) in 2015, show a similar phenomenon elsewhere in Japan.
SOURCE: Science Alert |
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Credit and location: Sue Farrar-sill back in 2010 outside my house
Credit and location: Sue Farrar-sill back in 2010 outside my house
Spherical Cloud Posted on Facebook by Sue Farrar-sill, Dec 21, 2016
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This fog dome was captured in county Denbighshire, north east Wales, by Weather Watcher Hannah.
Unusual 'fog dome' spotted Early this
morning Weather Watcher Hannah was out walking her dog in Tremeirchion,
north Wales when she came across this very unusual dome shaped cloud of
fog.
"I just couldn't believe how perfectly dome shaped it was. After about 10 minutes it started to flatten and looked like low lying cloud along the fields but over quite a big area, it was huge" she said. Met Office and BBC Weather Centre Forecaster John West shares with us his thoughts on what could be causing this effect. "This is a very unusual phenomenon, but the most likely explanation is that the "fog dome" has been caused by a source of heat close to the ground, possibly an agricultural building or a relatively warm pool of water. As the fog has formed in the valley this heat source has forced the fog to lift away from the ground into a dome as warmer air rises; like a hot air balloon." SOURCE: BBC Weather News |
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Perfectly Round cloud! Credit: Mina Doroudi Photograph
Spherical Cloud Perfectly Round cloud! Credit: Mina Doroudi Photograph
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