Destination: Lítla Dímun This cloud covered muffin top is in the Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark. Population: humans (0), European Storm Petrels (5000 pairs) and Atlantic Puffins (10,000 pairs). There are also herds of sheep that are rounded up each fall and lowered using nets to waiting skiffs below.
madame scientist's not-so-mad musings 
cool! Really cool! No humans allowed 😛 Seems like there’s quite a bit of eccentric life already present here though. It almost looks photoshopped, no?
gorgeous!
The Wiki link says it is frequently shrouded in clouds. There is one photo on there with differently shaped clouds. But who knows? 🙂
nice yar! gjb ka natural bed h
Here’s another jpg image of a cloud capped view of the island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Litla-dimun-photo.jpg
Oh what a cool view of a localized phenom! Thank you ~
Not photo manipulated, orographic lifting, Uprising air currents cause the airmass to reach saturation dew point and produce clouds. No magic here, happens all the time.
Jim Carver , good to know, thanks. I found this page with two separate views of the island, with and without cloud cover. They are taken by different photographers and the background is different too: http://twistedsifter.com/2011/11/picture-of-the-day-cloud-covered-island-of-litla-dimun/
Another example of orographic lifting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orographic_lifting_of_the_air_-_NOAA.jpg
Rajini Rao Good ones, also see adiabatic lapse rate.
Jim Carver So the parcel of saturated air rising from the island will cool at about 0.5 celsius per 100 m, and that causes cloud condensation?
Wow !
photographer is so lucky
Beautifull Natural back ground
At first, I was going to suggest a “little off of the x side”, then, I remembered, it’s NATURE.
Hence, naturally UNEQUAL.
But then, I’m of the thought that the universe IS unbalanced, hence, we’re in a vacuum metastable universe. Therefor, the universe, by nature is unstable, favoring one “side” over another by nature.
But then, if THAT is true, should one REJECT anything that is NOT “balanced”?
As CP violation is the norm, I’ll accept the imbalance.
But then, that is NATURE, not sentient beings, who can compensate for that which nature forces.
Have seen this happen to Mykines (another small island we have here) quite a few times myself.
Vilmar Mouritsen , is the Mykines island in the same region, near Denmark? Thanks.
Post Google Edit: Yes it is 🙂
I’ve witnessed it myself in our rather low mountains of the Pocono variety.
That doesn’t stop me from thinking of more fundamental effects, whilst KNOWING THIS observation is that of hydrodynamics. 🙂
It just makes one think of more basic things as well.
But, the view IS REALLY cool!
Really cool!!!!
Shweta Bhandari , I could turn THAT into a dirty joke in a microsecond! 😉
it could have a human population of 1. Me! 🙂
its a beautiful
wow
Feisal Kamil , you dirty “old” man! 😉
See my above comment.
Nevermind, you DID! 😉
nice photo
Nature is awsome!!
it looks like an icecream……hehehehe
really beautiful place
That’s My Home.
Beautiful!
awesome..!!! nice pic dude..!!
ice cream!
hhm..,hope its cOOL place! its nice to experience that.
I think that that is a lenticular cloud. They are usually seen over volcanoes. Some places on earth resonate Scaler energy waves stronger than other places, and these clouds form.
very goog
That is a nice pic, just beautiful…..
Nice call on the cloud classafication.
awsum…………..
Cool………….
one time image….a beauty from cam…..
NICE PIC…
candy…..;)
beautyfull
nice
wow, very interesting thx for the info, beautiful.
is it real…………….????????????
amazing buddy……… like it very much
Great photo thanx
Wow…
Made by Rajini Rao
is it real….???????
really very beautiful………
Awesome!!
beauty full
very very nice
Damn pasty.
that is very beautiful(:
Now I can confidently say that GOD is too creative like us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so.super
Is it real?
awesome……..
Wow!
It’s a cloud aggregating around a “mountain” so yes, that’s real indeed 😉 Beautiful and I see things like that quite often from my window 🙂
nice yar i want to go here
woooooooooooooooooooow
freaking cool island!
Ya i guess so!
what a view… so nice..
wow
wow …..very nice
I guess there must be some human habitation………
Amazing……..
very……..nice picture …….
wow what a scene man…..
thats a very good thing
so solitude so is beauty
Amazing that the cloud clings to that Island
awsom
Awesome….!! It looks like muffin with toping with lots of cream…the GOD wants to show the beautiful nature that they made for our precious EaRtH…..:p
lovly…fantastic
superb
nice……………
wow so beautiful
Fantastic photo!
This is very interesting!
awesome
You are full of talent
is it real
wonders
wow………………so nice pic
classic, dream romantic place
awesome….
Nice 1
I believe that was the year when all the Burning Man attendees descended on the Faroe Islands instead and decided to make the world’s largest cotton candy. If I’m not mistaken, this is recorded in the Guiness Book of World Records.
nyc..
Wonderful !!!
Nice…
awesome pic man so nice………..!
I wanna go to that Place………..
Wonder why the sheep doesn’t fall over the edge and into the ocean?
Some breeds of sheep are very nimble and surefooted. Great photo!
nice shot
cool
soooooo gud !!!!!!!!!
What a pic! Nice to watch! Thanks for the effort
Nice
awsome click
how????……. WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!?!
oh nice/////////////
a cake!
nice pic
beautifullllllllllllllllllll
nice view
Amazing. Need to check on a map to find it.
COOOOOOOLLLL!!!!!!!!
wonderfully captured!!!!! what a beauty!!!
very nice
so beautyfull!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice!!
Nice view
nice………………………………….
WoW..!!
destition
wooooow
Beautifull…….
This is amazing!
never thought of something like this
its gr8888888
amazing……a super natural phenomen…of its kind. dis photo provides eyes saturating glimps of no man land.
Nature is God’s gift and truly amazing!
it is realy beatiful i cant explain my emotion
Awesome View….!!!
realy beatifull………………….
Nice
i like it..
realy nice wall photos is skay blue water very very beati……………….
it is very lovely!
it’s nature secret…and..beauty..amazing
B BEAUTIFUL
owaooooooooooooooooo
Bitchin!
Great…
Wish I could live there for a moment
Nice post Rajini Rao … 🙂
Thanks for sharing this muffin with us … ^^
Nature …….beauty…..nd creation…
Wonder shot !!! Thanks 4 sharing !
nice pic and nice to spend your honey moon
Amazing
very nice pic…..
look owseme
super nice!!
look awsome
Really Amazing..
Great!!!
nice
wowwwwwwwwwwwww
these are the oroghraphic cloud…..formed due to ascent of air…
wow..it’s so beautiful..and amzaing pic…!
so nice
wooow,,, beautiful
So fascinating
might just lives their
that’s amazing
i dnt z it real or smthng editing…bt i can say really its awesome luking…
really?
Nice pic
awesome
soooooo..nice …
beautifull…..
Great share, nice picture.
IT`S REALY NICE!
Your choice is outstanding . Nicola
wow
so nice….
WAO AMAZING
Its look like mashroom. So nice pic
aoswm.
nyccc
nice
its amazing
Beautiful!
nice
Paradise
How could I be there??
cool
good
wha tis that
I mean what is that
Stunning
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. WONDERFUL PICTURE…
beautiful
looks like cake)))
I thought that said sheep were lowered to cliffs! Looks awesome
amazing
if you go there, you will discover the natives are all inbred, the mainland Danes tend to avoid thinking these people are Danes. If you go to this destination, you’ll see the genetic effects. butt ugly people who are bout dumb as a box of rocks.
Don’t go there, boycott the place.
Whale and Dolphin Massacre in Faroe Islands of Denmark
Killing thousands of whales and dolphins to prove they are “manly”
what a bunch of dbags.
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Enchanting….
so nice & gate…………..
This is beautiful and so are you! All is well and the power of God is near! Namaste’
Rajini Rao is beautiful
travel to the new world LOL
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great
breathtaking..
perfec’to
super
Nice….
Impressive and seemingly impregnable!!!
oh very impressive
Super… Love it
U don’t see that every day
gotta visit this place !!
amazinggggggggggg..///////
Really? Amazing!
Cool
nice
nice,next welcome
that is 1 of the most werdist things you can see
🙂
this ice ceam
i love it
very nice
magnificent, would like to lve there
Stephen Villano wtf? It’s a photo discussion not an exercise in pompous bullsh*t amirite? 🙂
this is so Amazing!!
i would prefer to eat it.the cream looks delicious
Amazing…
a pictr dek ney keliye acha…….
bahuth acha………..
bonita.
very nice
Cool 🙂
its beauti of nature
Gr8
relay good
Love it, thanks
wow…..
thats awesome
Beautiful….
beautiful……i like it
Soooooo beautiful…….. like d lady up here.. 🙂
wonderful
its sooooooo amazing
WoW
awesome
Wow nic
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waaau ! it’s very beautifull . . . . . . . . . . . . ?
Amazing!
bftgynhj
Nice!
suck my dick
lovely………
scamall hiontach draíochta talún!
so cool…. i would love to see this for myself…
Very beautiful picture..
I ve naver seen that..
amazing………..
Amazing..
very beautiful scenery.
Aakansha Gupta hiiiiiiiiiiii…how r u?
man…that’s clever and beautiful
very Nice…….
beautiful and clever
seems heaven of nature……!!!!
goog
Nice place……………
Where this Place ?
beautiful
HI GOOD
oooohhhh wooow this is an amazing place
good view
good view
indah….
wow good collection of pictures
Awesome
amazing pic
Amazing shot, amazing looking place
When I look at this photo, I think
Cyclops population (?)
NICE PIC…
I wanna go
I’d eat this up !
nice pic looks like ice cream
I want to go also!
Hey its lovely
I would like my house to be on top of that!!
That is the neatest thing!
beautiful
Looks Yummy! Omnomnomnomn
Fantastic!
LOOKING SO NICE RAJNI AS U
waoooooooooooooooooooooooooo
that is so cool
The wonder of the world…
cool
Let’s hope they don’t herd this fluffy cloud along with the sheep and shear it.
Stunnig&peculiar really!!!!!
Cool
very very nice…………………..
Feisal Kamil , you bring up the mysteries of the Google algorithms for What’s Hot which have been the subject of much puzzlement! I suspect this post got on because of the time slot..there may have been a lull in new posts and I actually noticed that it got on the list (but way down) before I went to bed. Once a post gets on What’s Hot it’s like a feed forward chemical reaction 😉
Other posts like the SEM one you mention got a lot more initial shares and likes (I think it’s the rate of adds that is being monitored for “hotness”), but still didn’t make it to the listing. Actually, it’s more gratifying when something gets appreciated despite not being on the list.
Very nice.
like a marshmellow teacake
So how do they get the sheep up there? Parachute? Or is there a sandy beach around the back? This curious mind would like to know! 🙂
Adrian R. Magnuson-Whyte , Wiki has a great story on that! Apparently, they used to be feral/wild sheep but now they are of the Faroes breed. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADtla_D%C3%ADmun
wow
hi how are u
wow never seen that in my life
awesome 😀
koolio
Amazing
True Nature
real a very beautiful pic
SICK
wat d hell is that seems d island is havin some kinda fit……:@:}
Remarkable
Beautiful
Sweet
really wonderful…………….
really amezing
spammmy….!!
Excellent
owsmm
Very cool!
Beautiful and unique. Mother nature at work. Nice post as usual. +10 !
Unusual…
so beautiful!
How the………
whoa!!!1 awesome!!!
very nice
Beautiful
very good looking
Opps this is too good
nice
its realy very nice
Rajini Rao Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. 🙂
great view ……..
Very Nice pics
nis good
argh, i’m tired of concrete, let me out!
Given what looks to me like a fair amount of erosion, I’m wondering if the sheep aren’t a bad idea. I also wouldn’t want to be the one herding them to the edge to get into a net.
NICEEEEEEEEE
this is called called combination
wow awsum view……
like it
nice 1
all your images are innovative and informative……… it was really superb and mindblowing and awesome
island nahi cloud land hai
nature is art of god
too nice pic
nice pic!
yeah !!!