{"id":33530,"date":"2015-11-27T06:01:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=33530"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:30:01","slug":"snow-on-antelope-island-and-wave-cloud-formations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/11\/27\/snow-on-antelope-island-and-wave-cloud-formations\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow on Antelope Island and Wave Cloud Formations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AntelopeSnow on Antelope Island Thanksgiving Day – Nikon D300, f14, 1\/640, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 20mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

There was snow on Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> yesterday, just a light dusting actually, and I thought this scene taken from slightly south of Buffalo Point in the group campground area was beautiful with the snow on the ground and the fluffy clouds in the sky. It was lovely on the island yesterday but I didn’t take many bird images while I was there.<\/p>\n

\"KelvinKelvin Helmholtz clouds over the Wasatch Mountains – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 500, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 44mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On the way to Farmington Bay WMA heading south on I-15 I saw some strange, wave cloud formations over the Wasatch Mountains. I’d never photographed this type of cloud formation before.<\/p>\n

Weather conditions helped to create this cloud formation. Winds were high at the time, the signs on I-15 said to expect 55 mph winds which means the wind was much stronger higher up.<\/p>\n

It is a shame the lighting conditions were terrible but I took some images out of the window anyway.<\/p>\n

\"KelvinKelvin Helmholtz instability clouds from I-15 – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 500, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 82mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

About these clouds from earthsky.org<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll often see the characteristic wave structure in this type of cloud when two different layers of air in our atmosphere are moving at different speeds. The upper layers of air are moving at higher speeds and will often scoop the top of the cloud layer into these wave-like rolling structures.<\/em><\/p>\n

The clouds often form on windy days, when there\u2019s a difference in densities of the air, for example, during a temperature inversion. They\u2019re often good indicators of atmospheric instability and the presence of turbulence for aircraft.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s widely believed that these waves in the sky inspired the swirls in van Gogh\u2019s masterpiece Starry Night.<\/em><\/p>\n

A more scientific explanation can be found here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m a bit of a cloud watcher (geek) and I wanted to share the strange ones I saw on the way south on I-15. I really wish I would have had better light conditions though.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the way to Farmington Bay WMA heading south on I-15 I saw some strange, wave cloud formations over the Wasatch Mountains. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,1022,26,7641],"tags":[2273,4764,4765,4762,4763,4050,4766,7640],"class_list":["post-33530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-weather-phenomena","tag-buffalo-point","tag-cloud-formations","tag-i-15","tag-kelvin-helmholtz-cloud","tag-kelvin-helmholtz-instability","tag-snow","tag-wave-clouds","tag-weather-phenomena"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kelvin-helmholtz-cloud-i-15-mia-mcpherson-8962.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-8IO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38387,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/04\/15\/kelvin-helmholtz-wave-clouds-over-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":33530,"position":0},"title":"Kelvin-Helmholtz Wave Clouds Over the Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Seeing the Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds over the Wasatch Mountains as viewed from the south end of Antelope Island State Park made my day","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wave Cloud Formation (Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds) over snow-capped Wasatch Range as seen from Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-mia-mcpherson-9447.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-mia-mcpherson-9447.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-mia-mcpherson-9447.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-mia-mcpherson-9447.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4866,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/04\/24\/virga\/","url_meta":{"origin":33530,"position":1},"title":"Virga","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Once again the weather forecasters blew it. 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