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Altocumulus illuminated by the rays of sunrise with lower Stratocumulus lenticularis formations in shadow over Whiteface Mountain, Adirondack Mountains, NY, US.
A UFO-shaped Altocumulus lenticularis formation, and eyebrow-like features, with the unofficial name supercilium, forming in the turbulent air in front, spotted over Palm Springs, California, US.
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Franklin County, Alabama, US, as well as some of the cloud holes called lacunosus and some of the eyebrow-like features that becoming unofficially known as 'supercilium'.
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The flying-saucer cloud, Altocumulus lenticularis, spotted over Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, South Africa by Stuart Loveday, who assured us ‘no aliens were spotted by me that day’.
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The pastel colours of cloud iridescence formed by sunlight shining through the lenticularis form of Cirrocumulus clouds over Geneva, Illinois, US.
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Altocumulus lenticularis forms appearing downwind of the Sierra Nevada spotted from Ridgecrest, California, US.
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A distorted lenticularis over Dayton, Nevada, US.
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A cloud with eyebrows, (supercilium, Latin for eyebrows), spotted over Tuba City, Arizona, US.
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Lenticularis over Nokonoshima Island, Fukuoka City, Japan.
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Lenticularis over Pollestres, France
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A classic UFO-like lenticularis over Torres del Paine, Chile.
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Lenticularis over Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina.
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A lenticular formation over Lake Tahoe, California, US.
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Lenticularis over Lochbuie, United States
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Lenticularis over Pico del Veleta in the Sierra Nevada range in Grenada, Spain.
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Lenticularis over Tenerife.
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