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2025-02-02 01:57:10 UTC - HELPFUL
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The unusual cloud formations are most likely lenticular clouds, a well-documented phenomenon. They are created when stable, moist air flows over a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, creating large-scale standing waves in the atmosphere: https://skybrary.aero/articles/lenticular-cloud https://www.wildernessshots.com/lenticular-clouds-over-patagonia/ https://www.crystalinks.com/lenticular_clouds.html https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2018/09/lenticular-cloud-over-sarmiento-argentina.html https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/lenticular-clouds-sometimes-mistaken-for-ufos-are-in-a-league-of-their-own/1694242
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