The Morning Glory is a cloud unlike any other. Perfectly formed, it can be 100m wide but can stretch — sometimes almost perfectly straight — for a thousand kilometres from one side of the Gulf ...

At least, if you live in Australia, near the Gulf of Carpentaria. Morning glory (when it comes to the sky) refers to a rare, striking cloud formation that’s only found in northeastern Australia.

“Wave clouds can form anywhere on the continent but they are only called the Morning Glory when they form across the Gulf of Carpentaria, Neil Bennett, a Western Australian spokesman for the ...

Passengers aboard a recent Virgin Australia flight from Perth to Adelaide were unexpectedly treated to front row seats to a rare meteorological phenomenon. Those lucky enough to be enjoying a window ...

A passenger on board a Virgin Australia flight got an amazing surprise when he looked out the window and was treated to a rare sight last weekend. Ilya Katsman was flying from Perth to Adelaide in … ...

While Morning Glory roll-clouds have been spotted in other places around the world, Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria remains the most consistent spot to see these waves in the sky – and one of ...

Morning Glory cloud formations occur when a series of low-level atmospheric solitary waves form bands of roll clouds that can be up to 1,000km long and 1km to 2km high.

Yes, morning glory clouds are a thing and no, it’s probably not what you are thinking. In this case, morning glory refers to a rare but striking cloud formation found in northeastern Australia ...

Like surfers scouting for the ultimate wave, gliders travel from far and wide to soar across the Gulf of Carpentaria's rare roll-like cloud formation known as the morning glory.