A rare wavelike cloud formation rolled across the sky over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on Sunday, its undulating curves bathed in gold and pink hues amid the glow of setting sun.
The Hong Kong Observatory captured the moment on social media, saying the short-lived atmospheric phenomenon was known as a fluctus cloud formation.
The image garnered at least 200 “likes” within the first two hours of posting on social media, with some describing the natural phenomenon as “stunning.”
Fluctus clouds formed at the boundary between two layers of air with different temperatures and speeds but in the same moving direction, the forecaster said.
The air layer with a slower speed cuts into the layer with a higher speed, producing the cloud’s wavy pattern.
Hong Kong would experience another week of fine weather, with the temperature ranging from 22 to 29 degrees Celsius (84 Fahrenheit), the forecaster said.
