It's a new day, sunny but still ferociously windy. And as the saying goes, it's an ill wind that brings no good. The strong northerlies sculpt some interesting cloud shapes and we have enjoyed the phenomenon of lenticular clouds...
Lenticular (lens or lentil shaped) clouds can be really weird looking - sometimes very like "flying saucers", or thought to be UFOs. These ones, seen when looking across Island Bay, are stretched out and layered. It is late afternoon, the light is bright and there is a very strong northerly wind - you can't tell, but it was hard for me to stand steady when I was photographing this sight. Lenticular clouds are stationary although the winds around them tend to be strong, a feature appreciated by glider pilots. These clouds appear to hover over the water, echoing the distant Orongorongo ranges and drawing the eye to Taputeranga.