Transcript En el golfo de Carpentaria, al norte de Australia, entre

In the Gulf of Carpentaria,
northern Australia, between
September and November, an
extraordinary phenomenon of
unparalleled beauty: the
morning glory cloud.
If the weather situation is calm,
every morning when the sun
rises, a wave-shaped cloud, 1.6
to 3.2 kilometres high and 600
to 1,000 kilometres, ie, that it
fills the horizon, moving at a
speed of 40 kilometres per hour.
Sometimes there are several
waves and always aligned from
east to west. The cause is a
clash of air masses of different
temperatures.
In the early hours of the morning, a
mass of warm, moist air, from the
sea, slips over the cooler air that is
in the upper layers. In late 2006,
scientists from several countries
traveled to study the phenomenon,
which occurs in many places in the
world. It has been observed on the
Catalan coast of Spain.
The clash of air masses takes
place in Spain, but does not
result in the formation of this
peculiar cloud. This
phenomenon is unique to
Australia.
Since 1989, every spring, when
the phenomenon occurs, hang
gliders and paragliders cloud
surf waves like waves in an
ocean. You have to be careful
because the waves produce
strong turbulence and can be
dangerous. They fly in zigzag
patterns and can travel up to
480 kilometres
Por : J. Eduardo Juárez Herrera