The strange phenomenon of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds can be seen in the sky of Wyoming

The inhabitants of

(United States) were able to see an unusual image in the sky last Tuesday: a cloud formation that looked like a chain of sea waves.

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which forms when a faster stream of air moves above the air below.

Rachel Gordon was one of the people who managed to capture an image that was uploaded to her social networks and has caught the attention of many users.

"It was very special and I immediately knew I had to capture it," she told the BBC.

Matt Taylor of the BBC's meteorology team has said the images taken by Gordon are one of the "most impressive" examples of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds.

"Like ocean waves, the atmosphere moves and responds to the environment around it. The air effectively rises and falls on itself," he explains.

This cloud formation is named after the scientists Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz, who studied the physics behind this phenomenon.

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