EarthSky | Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds look like ocean waves
Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds - aka billow clouds or shear-gravity clouds - can sometimes look like ocean waves. Check out these photos of them!
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Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds - aka billow clouds or shear-gravity clouds - can sometimes look like ocean waves. Check out these photos of them!
May 25, 2021 View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Early on the morning of May 23, 2021, Angus Weller spotted these Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds over the Coastal Mountain Range just north of Vancouver, British Columbia. Angus said: “It’s only the 2nd time I’ve seen this cloud formation.” Thank you, Angus! Clouds that look like waves are rare and beautiful. These clouds – known as Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, billow clouds, or shear-gravity clouds – might have been the inspiration for Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night. The next time you spot one of these remarkable wave clouds, capture a p...