Pic from Jeff's WeatherThe Morning Glory, a spectacular propagating roll cloud which frequents the sparsely populated southern margin of the Gulf of Carpentaria, (northern Australia) is one of the world's most exotic and interesting meteorological phenomena. Morning Glories are frequently observed during the spring months near dawn over the southern Gulf area between Sweers Island and the remote community of Burketown in northern Queensland. They often appear in the form of one or more, rapidly advancing, rather formidable roll cloud formations which extend from horizon to horizon in a long arc as far as the eye can see. The cloud is usually about 3000 feet in depth with a base at about 1000 feet above the surface. On occasion, the base of the cloud may lie below 300 feet AGL and the depth may exceed 6000 feet. ~ Dropbears
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Rolling spring clouds
White
With billows
Like long
Gloved
Fists
Throbbing
With turbulent
Secrets
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Looming
Larger
Like a Titan
Growing ~
Slowly opening
The eye
Of a giant mind
Magnetising
Gliding
Thrillseekers
Into
A thousand kilometre
Wave
Above
Tame
Micro waves
Simpering
Sulking
Far below
On some
Thin
Pale sands
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Surreal
Celestial
Morning glory
So much more than
Just a flower
Purpling
Earth
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