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The Morning Glory Cloud: A Thousand-Kilometre Wave Rolling Across the Sky

November 8, 2026November 7, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
A long tubular Morning Glory roll cloud seen from an aircraft between Burketown and Normanton, Australia

About 4 min readEach spring, a tube of cloud up to 1,000 kilometres long rolls across the Gulf of Carpentaria at dawn. It looks impossible — but it is a real, well-studied weather phenomenon, not a paranormal event.

Categories Science on the Edge Tags Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, meteorology, Morning Glory cloud, roll cloud, Unsolved Leave a comment

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