April 12, 2015

Unusual Gallery Kelvin Helmholtz Clouds

Kelvin Helmholtz Clouds
Kelvin Helmholtz Clouds

Kelvin Helmholtz cloud is a special kind of cloud. They look like breaking ocean waves, with the rolling eddies seen at the top of the cloud layers usually evenly spaced and easily identifiable. Kelvin Helmholtz clouds are named for Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz, who studied the physics of the instability that leads to this type of cloud formation.