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Image Of A "Concorde Shaped Cloud" Forms Over Ribblehead Viaduct by xxolisexx(m): 10:58pm On May 08, 2017 |
Concorde has risen again - in the form of a
cloud snapped by an amateur photographer in
North Yorkshire.
The photo is of a lenticular cloud, sightings of
which the Met Office said were suspected to be
behind many reported UFOs.
The "truly spectacular" snap was taken by
Thomas Beresford above the Ribblehead viaduct
on Friday.
BBC weather expert Paul Hudson said the
natural phenomenon was technically called a roll
cloud and was quite rare.
"In this instance it's caused by air flowing over
the top of Whernside from the east, creating
effectively a stationary type of lenticular cloud -
the shape and size of which is dependent on the
wavelength of the stationary wave," he said.
Could Concorde ever fly again?
The lens-shaped clouds form when the air is
stable and winds blow from the same direction.
BBC Look North weather presenter Abbie
Dewhurst was certainly impressed by the
photograph.
"Wow, it does look like Concorde - not that I
have too many memories of it, being only 10
when it stopped flying," she said.
The supersonic plane was involved in a crash in
France in 2000 that killed 109 people onboard
and four on the ground.
It was retired in 2003 by British Airways and Air
France who decommissioned it for "commercial
reasons" amid declining passenger numbers.
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