Cloud formations are serious things, since they can give us a lot of information about what is happening in the atmosphere, but what happens when a mysterious cloud in the shape of a huge eye appears out of nowhere; many might lean towards the paranormal, although there is an explanation behind all this.
Recently the city of Bursa, a northwestern city in Turkey, witnessed the vagaries of cloud formations. After dawn and when the light had already covered the celestial mantle, an ultra-reddish cloud appeared in the heights. It was not just any cloud, but one of fcircular formation that many said resembled a UFO, a cake or even the all-seeing eye.
Citizens of Turkey immediately began sharing photos on social media of the mysterious cloud. It is expected that an event of this nature will impact all its spectators due to the unusual eye shape.
What are lenticular clouds?
When it comes to cloud formations there are very colorful phenomena, from , through and to This is why it is not surprising that there is also an explanation for the strange eye that appeared over Turkey; It is called a lenticular cloud.
and they are part of the cirrocumulus, altocumulus and stratocumulus clouds. They normally appear in the troposphere, which is the lowest layer of the troposphere and extends up to 10 kilometers above the Earth’s surface and is lens or disk-shaped. The latter is the reason why they are so popular among sky watchers.
The atmosphere is an amazing ecosystem of different types of humidity and winds that come together to weave the clouds that we see in the sky. But especially lenticular clouds form when wind blowing across hills causes stable moist air to create a series of downwind waves. If there is sufficient humidity at the crest of the wave, then condensation is generated that finally gives way to the formation of lenticular clouds.
The lenticular cloud that appeared over Bursa in Turkey, in addition to having the disk shape of this type of cloud, added a factor that made Turkish citizens amazed. The formation appeared just after dawn and facing east, so It received the sun’s rays completely and turned its color to a deep reddish color.. The sky always has amazing ways of reminding us of the beauty of it and all the science behind it.