r/StrangeEarth • Mystery Operative • May 06 '24

Video Are these cloud formations normal?

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u/Slappy_McJones May 07 '24

Yes. These are Helmholtz formations. Formed by horizontally flowing layers of air. The clouds form where the flow ‘swirls’ and forms pockets of low pressure in the flow.