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Jellyfish Clouds, Clouds of Jellyfish

June 29, 2015 Maria Mudd Ruth
Firday's cirrus uncinus clouds over Olympia resembled a parade of jellyfish. These are high, icy clouds with a puffy head and trailing ice crystals falling out in "tentacles" behind. The tentacles are called virga--a type of precipitation that evapo…

Firday's cirrus uncinus clouds over Olympia resembled a parade of jellyfish. These are high, icy clouds with a puffy head and trailing ice crystals falling out in "tentacles" behind. The tentacles are called virga--a type of precipitation that evaporates  before reaching the ground.

 A lion's mane jellyfish in Budd Inlet. A "puffy" head (called a bell) and long tentacles behind.

 A lion's mane jellyfish in Budd Inlet. A "puffy" head (called a bell) and long tentacles behind.

"Clouds" of moon jellies in Budd Inlet. Read more about these here in my 2010 blog post.

"Clouds" of moon jellies in Budd Inlet. Read more about these here in my 2010 blog post.

In Clouds Tags jellyfish, clouds, cirrus uncinus, cirrus clouds, virga, lion's mane jelly
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