Weird atmosphere ripples

[D69]

Yesterday early morning when I was driving to work I spotted these weird ripples in the sky.
It didn't look like a cloud , it was rather transparent kind of thing. Similar to ripples on water. I`ve never seen such phenomenon before.
Photos quality is poor , I did it while driving also I did mark these weird parts. Any idea what could this be ?

 

[Arne]

I saw does same transparent ripples over south-east of Norway last week. Like a thin veil. I`m almost sure I haven`t seen anything like that before.

 

[Cosmos]

I've seen this kind of clouds before, too. I don't think that this is something unusual or strange.

maybe a Cirrocumulus cloud or Altocumulus clouds or some sort of Cirrus cloud ?

(http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f02/cs255students/abarker/p4/tutorial/cloud%2520types.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f02/cs255students/abarker/p4/clouds.html&usg=__e9-cpJpBpsydnAFZU4RKjbBfbfE=&h=377&w=469&sz=40&hl=de&start=14&sig2=gi99XBqZ3RnGw8Lwud9kqQ&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=9ZFcXDan7NByuM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dclouds%2Btypes%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DG%26tbm%3Disch&ei=4jCTTbecFIXGswbglbjRBg)

 

[D69]

Yeah I thought that too , but notice that it is not a cloud. It is transparent. You have other clouds behind it.
It looks like some sort of distortion ?

 

[Nienna]

It took me a while to actually see the ripples. Very strange. I've never seen that before, but then, I'm no a meteorologist either.

Still, I've never seen anything like those ripples before.

Interesting.

 

[anart]

That is a very common cloud pattern in my part of the world, fwiw.

 

[Al Today]

I too have seen those ripples time & time again, many, many times. They have been called wave clouds and I also think the jury is still out on the figuring out the truth. I still do wonder about the "truth".
Here is a strange picture...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wave_cloud.jpg

edit spelling AGAIN.!.!.!

 

[D69]

These kind of clouds are very common here as well , but the thing that I saw was different.
I know that these photos are crappy so It does not show what I mean but try to notice on a first picture that in a background you have a cloud that is slightly distorted by this ripple pattern
From lack of better description I would say that it looked like rippled cloaked area. Very similar effect that they used in movie "Predator".

Have a look at this vid on youtube, it shows what I mean . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xGzI7Qtt3o

EDIT:

I actually found a better example

EDIT 2:

So i kept on digging and got to this !
This is it , that was pretty much like on this photo from NASA , kinda translucent

SRC: _http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4117

They call it "Gravity Waves Ripple over Marine Stratocumulus Clouds" :O

 

[anart]

Yes, it's very common here, though I don't know enough about the cause to help you out.

 

[Ca.]

They call it "Gravity Waves Ripple over Marine Stratocumulus Clouds" :O

Here is another version of this anomaly in motion . If the time measurement is correct, it's moving pretty fast.

http://www.wimp.com/gravitywave/

 

[Cosmos]

http://www.wimp.com/gravitywave/

fascinating !
it looks exactly like a wave motion in the ocean viewed from under the sea level !

 

[Ca.]

http://www.wimp.com/gravitywave/

fascinating !
it looks exactly like a wave motion in the ocean viewed from under the sea level !

My sentiments as well, or looking up instead of down, at the same.

 

[D69]

Here is another version of this anomaly in motion . If the time measurement is correct, it's moving pretty fast.

http://www.wimp.com/gravitywave/

wow , amazing footage !!

Yes, it's very common here, though I don't know enough about the cause to help you out.

No worries , it just lighted a red bulb over my head.
I've never seen such thing around ... ever.
I wonder if it has something to do with poles shift.

 

[celtic]

I have never seen this either. I wonder what it is?

 

[monksgirl]

can't give the names off the top of my head, but everything depicted here are normal phenomena and normal cloud forms caused by thermal layers and movement of thermal layers. I once watched a cloud that looked like a carpet being unrolled across the sky. There's enough true spookiness, none here.