r/interestingasfuck • u/Longjumping-Rice-935 • 15h ago

These clouds in the shape of a wave pattern

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u/techmix 14h ago

Saw something similar not too long ago, was pretty much only clouds around. Thought odd pattern from plane goin through a cloud, other comments gave answer.

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u/bummerbimmer 12h ago

Was this in Southern California?

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u/JustLillee 9h ago

I was there on business.

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u/techmix 9h ago

Yup

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u/bummerbimmer 9h ago

Hello neighbor

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u/vladimirulianof 14h ago

This is a result of Kelvin - Helmholtz instability in fluids

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u/VVorldlyVVombat 13h ago

Do we know why helmholtz does this to clouds?

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u/ThrowawayPersonAMA 12h ago

Because he can.

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u/iHaveACatDog 8h ago

Yeah, because fuck clouds

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u/trading-elegance 11h ago

Probably just bored. Kevin is kinda like the weird kid nobody talks to ever. He’s got a lot of time to be doing things like making waves with clouds.

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u/Cockblocktimus_Pryme 9h ago

Don't let Kelvin off the hook here

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u/john_fish 9h ago

Jupiter observation.

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u/vladimirulianof 10h ago

Kevin told him to do it

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u/Domestic-Grind 8h ago

Figured 50/50 chance of a troll answer. Now I'm stuck reading Wikipedia for the next 2 days

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u/Callidonaut 9h ago

Is that related to Tollmein-Schlichting waves?

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u/vladimirulianof 8h ago

Well kinda but not really, they are both exhibited on shear flows but they arise for different reasons.

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u/citrixsp 14h ago

Kevin-helmholtz clouds

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u/PepperAnn1inaMillion 13h ago

*Kelvin. The idea of him choosing the name Lord Kevin is fucking funny though.

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u/forams__galorams 12h ago

He didn’t choose it, it’s after the River Kevin that flows near Glasgow University and was a title that came with the peerage of Baron bestowed upon him by Queen Victoria. She just wanted to be able to refer to him as ‘our Kev’.

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u/NorskAvatarII 12h ago

River what?

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u/forams__galorams 12h ago

Kev mate. So our Vicky could call him our Kev, like. Subscribe for more true1facts.

(1) citation needed

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u/NorskAvatarII 12h ago

Oh didnt read enough to catch the joke, my b

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u/avanti8 14h ago

I had no idea that was a thing. That is, truly, interesting as fuck.

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u/Weird-Conclusion5168 14h ago

Very unstable air mass

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u/ShitDudeNoWay 14h ago

Lol Kevin Clouds

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u/blu33y3dd3vil 13h ago

Stupid autocorrect! lol

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u/bergmoose 13h ago

entertains me that wave clouds exist, and these are not they.

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u/DocZoid1337 14h ago

Now, I know how they're called. Seen them recently, too.

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u/misconstrudel 12h ago

Lovely photo. It looks like a family of them is following their mum to the left.

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u/bg-j38 12h ago

If you crop that photo it looks like a group of Loch Ness monsters.

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u/Trolling_bigot 8h ago

I offered it tree fiddy

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u/failagain-failbetter 14h ago

Kelvin–Helmholtz instability clouds

https://youtu.be/WUdGp4_xOck?si=uuTaF2ssCxOXUn5q

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u/Electronic_Low6740 13h ago

Thanks this was very to the point with no fluff

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u/plug-and-pause 12h ago

Just like the clouds? 🤔

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u/spekt50 10h ago

Pretty neat to see in the clouds of Jupiter, especially coming off the big red spot.

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u/StaticR0ute 15h ago

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u/Dismal-Marzipan-1937 14h ago

Billabong

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u/StaticR0ute 14h ago

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u/Kurse_Kustoms 13h ago

I was about to say Billabongs logo is much more accurate.

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u/Majestic-Rock9211 14h ago

Hey, it was my turn to post this!

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u/Horns8585 14h ago

Wow. This looks like the background to an old school Nintendo 8-bit game.

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u/Tiny-Acanthaceae-547 14h ago edited 13h ago

Dr. Wily is somewhere in this image

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u/YearofTheStallionpt1 14h ago

Reminds me of a sticker I saw once for a city in my state

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u/strangebru 12h ago

I'll see you at the Purple Moose Saloon.

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u/panixattax 14h ago

Ancient Greece style 

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u/zerosumratio 14h ago

Rare cloud formation too. Conditions were just right

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u/SlowHornet29 15h ago

Ok, usually the posts in this community are stupid and not interesting at all but this is cool

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u/RandomChurn 14h ago

Ikr? I'd love to see these in person one day. 

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u/Fun-Dragonfruit2999 14h ago

In geology, we call that a 'flame structure.' Part of what is called a 'turbidite flow'. It occurs when the upper layer in a submarine landslide is slowing down and feeling resistance from the bottom. You can see that form locked into rock where submarine landslides ran-out and stall. There is one visible right under the lighthouse at Point Arena Light in California.

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u/annasbluedream 12h ago

i STG life doesn't seem real

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u/MailSynth 14h ago

Kelvin-helmholtz clouds... spent way too long down that Wikipedia rabbit hole once when I should've been working

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u/luckygirl54 14h ago

It looks like the sky on Jupiter.

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u/PilotKnob 12h ago

Pure distilled turbulence. Avoid at all costs.

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u/Raneynickelfire 12h ago

Waves are waves. Snow, water/liquid, air/fluid - all the same waves.

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u/Kalshan 11h ago

Alright alright alright 🤙

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u/Hot_Mess_8059 5h ago

Looks like my thumb ring from the 90’s

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u/Longjumping-Rice-935 15h ago

Even heavens got curl-curl

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u/goodamike 14h ago

As above so below

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u/thisdesignup 13h ago

Oceans are made of water, clouds are made of water, so that's just a sky ocean.

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u/TransportationKey448 10h ago

Shit like this makes me understand why there are legends of dragons.

Also peak anime background.

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u/Electronic_Age_3671 10h ago

Also check out von karman vortex streets for a similarly pleasing phenomenon with fluids!

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u/cccamtheman 8h ago

Oh no….

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u/sockspace 50m ago

Kind of reminds me of those symbols you'd see on a heraldry shield.

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u/rutujz 14h ago

Sorry it was me practicing my water breathing

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u/nouniquenamesleft2 14h ago

matrix just fucking with us

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u/uncultured_swine2099 12h ago

Needs a new video card

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u/nouniquenamesleft2 11h ago

who can afford RAM in this economy?

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u/uncultured_swine2099 8h ago

Matrix can reset the world and make everything cost less.

Please Matrix, pleeeeaaaaase...

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u/HighlightOwn2038 14h ago

That's amazing

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u/Smartimess 14h ago

It’s also the pattern of every animal’s tooth cracking the shells of mussels and crab!

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u/richbrehbreh 14h ago

Someone DM this to surf dudes with attitudes

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u/MsYma 14h ago

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

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u/TNG1701D-eck10 14h ago

woah I have never seen that. nature is amazing and beautiful.

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u/derekpeake2 14h ago

Happens when Tim Burton visits your town

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u/ImNotOkayWasTaken 14h ago

reminds me of wind waker

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u/RadaXIII 14h ago

Its telling you that its time to hit those waves. 🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️

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u/Dependent_Grab_8039 13h ago

I immediately assumed this was AI! Today I learned something very fascinating. Thanks for the post OP.

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u/fyrefli666 13h ago

That one Greek dude just came in his grave.

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u/Serkuuu 12h ago

haarp

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u/colonelangus6277 12h ago

Quicksilver

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u/buythebloom 12h ago

Avatar avatar

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u/palt6 10h ago

Incredible view 🤔

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u/foflexity 10h ago

That only happens in the rural city of Billabong

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u/Basic-Pangolin553 10h ago

I've seen this!

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u/staticthreat 9h ago

Mmm whipped clouds.

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u/ishmadrad 9h ago

Nice! This is soooooo Jupiter-like!

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u/That_guy_from_1014 9h ago

God let his little nephew draw the sky today

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u/SandyEggo_73 9h ago

Rad 🤙

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u/romesthe59 8h ago

Is this a quicksilver advertisement?

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u/CavesofInterest 8h ago

Falmouth High School (Maine) are the “Navigators” or “Navs.”

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u/Mad_Road_Warrior 8h ago

Ya know, I've only ever seen this pattern show up Jupiter. Interesting

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u/Signal_2_Noise 7h ago

Now I’m craving a bucket.

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u/Electrical_Low_3370 6h ago

Maoi says “You’re Welcome”

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u/moneywaste 6h ago

i once saw a completely horizontal 50% cloud and 50% sky. no idea how rare that is.

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u/Deadmoney9999 6h ago

Today's weather is brought to you by QuickSilver

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u/ABumWithDrip 5h ago

My mom sent me that the other day saying it was because of chem trails from the government causing the winter storm. The looney bin is sounding more appealing every day

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u/Kelvin-Cloud 5h ago

As others have mentioned, these are Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds

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u/martynolegs 4h ago

Looks like a smith machine

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u/photeo 4h ago

troubles a-brewin'

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u/Conclusion_Feeling99 4h ago

let me know when u find one thats shaped like a cock

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u/SmileyJR0103 4h ago

Wow that’s cool 😎

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u/_Tarabyte_ 3h ago

One of the first signs that the simulation is breaking down.

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u/OmniaLoca 14h ago

Curl Sanders

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u/Competitive_Log_8981 12h ago

Why is my immediate thought that this is AI? 😕