A double lenticular cloud is illuminated at nightfall by the lava emitted from the Villarrica volcano, Chile. Villarica is in the town of Pucón in the south of Chile. It’s one of the country’s most ...

What has been observed may look like flying saucers but they are actually lenticular clouds, also referred to by some as pancake or UFO clouds. At their most spectacular around sunrise or sunset ...

They can occasionally appear flat and layered, so some people also call them pancake clouds. However, their official term is lenticular clouds, which comes from a Latin word that means "lens-like." ...

People along the Antrim coast woke up to unusual cloud formations on Friday, reminiscent of scenes from a science-fiction film. Lenticular clouds combined with the morning sunrise to create these ...

Lenticular clouds combined with the morning sunrise on the Antrim coast People along the Antrim coast woke up to unusual cloud formations on Friday, reminiscent of scenes from a science-fiction film.

They can occasionally appear flat and layered, so some people also call them pancake clouds. However, their official term is lenticular clouds, which comes from a Latin word that means "lens-like." ...

Some also refer to them as pancake clouds, because they sometimes appear flat and stacked. But they are formally called lenticular clouds, a name originating from a Latin word meaning "lens-like".

BBC Weather Watchers have been treated this week to red skies at night in the mornings - and unusual cloud formations. Lenticular clouds could be seen widely across Scotland over the past few days.