NT photographer’s amazing image to feature in 2021 BOM weather calendar
AN NT resident who was lucky enough to capture an unforgettable display of weather will have her image featured in the weather bureau’s 2021 calendar.
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AN NT resident who was lucky enough to capture an unforgettable display of weather will have her image featured in the weather bureau’s 2021 calendar.
Taken in Papunya on September 24, 2012 by keen photographer Jeanette Millier, capturing the rare formation of ‘street clouds’, which dissipated quickly, is something she’ll never forget.
Ms Millier said the day she captured these unique cloud streets in the remote settlement northwest of Alice Springs “was really just a stroke of luck”.
“It was just by chance I looked out the window and saw them and thought ‘Wow, where’s my camera?’.”
Today is the big reveal!
— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) November 3, 2020
We're excited to present the 13 winning photographs selected in the 2021 Australian Weather Calendar! 📷 ðŸŒ©ï¸ ðŸŒˆ
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Bureau’s community engagement manager Brooke Leung said the long, straight clouds in Ms Millier’s photograph are cloud streets.
“Scientists don’t have a clear understanding of exactly how they form, but they’re spectacular to see,” she said.
“It’s likely that air warmed at the ground rises until it reaches a stable layer of air.”
“The rising air is stopped by the stable air, so it rolls back over onto itself.
“If there’s enough moisture in the air, cloud forms in the rising air as the water in the air condenses.
“As the air rolls under and back down again, the water evaporates back to vapour. This process creates the long, smooth lines of cloud.”
The bureau’s 2021 Australian Weather Calendar can be ordered from the online shop at shop.bom.gov.au or by phone on 1300 798 789.
Originally published as NT photographer’s amazing image to feature in 2021 BOM weather calendar