<p>These are weakly formed gravity clouds or density clouds. Clouds are formed from condensation, which is just tiny water (and other gases) droplets and vapor. As such, these tiny droplets and vapors will flow like ripples on the surface of water in a slow breeze. What you're seeing here is light-action wave ripples in the atmosphere and the resulting effect on the tiny droplets, is a wave-like or ripple-like pattern. </p>

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2019-06-25T07:19:06.577Z
2019-06-25T07:19:06.577Z
Rokman
<p>I happened to take a photograph of a region of clouds ,and it seems to have a rather ordered arrangement ,if one looks towards the left of the image. Would there be a physical explanation for this or is it just chance?
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rze7U.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2019-04-18T11:30:48.977Z
Yes, this looks like cloud streets due to convection rather than wave clouds ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_cloud )
Anders Sandberg
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2019-04-26T15:37:44.947Z
Agreed, this is answered in the linked question, this photo is just a bit closer in compared to the example in the link.
dplmmr
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Ordered arrangement of clouds
Maan
# Ordered arrangement of clouds

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-18)

I happened to take a photograph of a region of clouds ,and it seems to have a rather ordered arrangement ,if one looks towards the left of the image. Would there be a physical explanation for this or is it just chance?
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rze7U.jpg)

**Tags:** meteorology, clouds

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Yes, this looks like cloud streets due to convection rather than wave clouds ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_cloud )  
> **username_2**: Agreed, this is answered in the linked question, this photo is just a bit closer in compared to the example in the link.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-25. Score: 2

These are weakly formed gravity clouds or density clouds. Clouds are formed from condensation, which is just tiny water (and other gases) droplets and vapor. As such, these tiny droplets and vapors will flow like ripples on the surface of water in a slow breeze. What you're seeing here is light-action wave ripples in the atmosphere and the resulting effect on the tiny droplets, is a wave-like or ripple-like pattern.


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