Lenticular Cloud Above Moskensøy
For years I have been dreaming about seeing a lenticular cloud. When I finally did I was taken by surprise because I never expected it to happen then and there. I wasn’t climbing a Himalayan peak, or on an expedition to Antarctica, I was on board the Trio II, a traditional fishing boat, which sailed smoothly on a warm summer day in Lofoten. I looked towards the peaks of the Moskensøy island and there it was: the smooth circular shaped white cloud formed by the disruption of the air flow by the mountains. This process forms eddies which in turn create clouds through condensation at the peak of lee waves, atmospheric internal gravity waves discovered in 1933 by two glider pilots flying over the Giant Mountains in the Czech Republic.
For years I have been dreaming about seeing a lenticular cloud. When I finally did I was taken by surprise because I never expected it to happen then and there. I wasn’t climbing a Himalayan peak, or on an expedition to Antarctica, I was on board the Trio II, a traditional fishing boat, which sailed smoothly on a warm summer day in Lofoten. I looked towards the peaks of the Moskensøy island and there it was: the smooth circular shaped white cloud formed by the disruption of the air flow by the mountains. This process forms eddies which in turn create clouds through condensation at the peak of lee waves, atmospheric internal gravity waves discovered in 1933 by two glider pilots flying over the Giant Mountains in the Czech Republic.
For years I have been dreaming about seeing a lenticular cloud. When I finally did I was taken by surprise because I never expected it to happen then and there. I wasn’t climbing a Himalayan peak, or on an expedition to Antarctica, I was on board the Trio II, a traditional fishing boat, which sailed smoothly on a warm summer day in Lofoten. I looked towards the peaks of the Moskensøy island and there it was: the smooth circular shaped white cloud formed by the disruption of the air flow by the mountains. This process forms eddies which in turn create clouds through condensation at the peak of lee waves, atmospheric internal gravity waves discovered in 1933 by two glider pilots flying over the Giant Mountains in the Czech Republic.
Part of my Lofoten: Arctic Flyway exhibition through which I am donating 25% of the proceeds to BirdLife Norway, a wildlife organisation dedicated to the conservation of birds in the archipelago. Lofoten is particularly important as a nesting ground because it facilitates easy access to food and very few natural predators, which makes the islands ideal to raise chicks. BirdLife works with different seabirds and migratory species that are affected by tourism, farming and climate change in order to preserve their numbers. They educate locals and visitors on best practices, wildlife behaviour and on finding solutions as a community.
Printed at dStudio, a multi-award winning, carbon neutral, fine art print studio, on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm museum quality paper, finished with a bespoke handmade oak veneer frame and paired with a signed ArtSure certificate of authenticity.