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Your photos: Autumn Monday on High Desert ends with very special sunset – and a ‘flying saucer’ cloud

Sunset Pat Hogan 1023
Pat Hogan
It was a pretty sunset, even before a special cloud made an appearance
Sunset Heidi Stevenson 1023
Heidi Stevenson
The colors draw the eye, every time
Sunset Larry Hayward 1023
Larry Hayward
Mondays can be a challenge, but a great sunset helps
Sunset over Cascades Vanda Recek 1023
Vanda Recek
Sunset over the Cascades can make a great combination
Bend sunset Kimberly Y 1023
Bend residents had a special reason to look up Monday evening
Bend sunset flying saucer Nancy Zurflu 1023
Nancy Zurflu
'Flying saucer over Bend,' says Nancy Zurflu
Sunset Verna Moore 1023
Verna Moore
The changing colors of a special sunset can bring wonderful feelings
Sunset Kim McCarrel 1023
Kim McCarrel
Not every night brings such special sunsets, but quite a few do
Sunset flying saucer clouds Belinda Hallcraft 1023
Belinda Hallcraft
NewsChannel 21's Chief Meteorologist John Carrol explains that these 'flying saucer-like clouds' are called lenticular clouds
Redmond sunset Joe Croin 1023
Joe Cron
Redmond residents also got their share of Monday's special sunset views
Sunset C Miller unique cloud 1023
C. Miller
Lenticular wasn't the only special kind of clouds in view Monday evening - how about this 'serpent cloud'?
Sunset clouds Millennium Falcon Patti L 1023
Patti L.
'Looks like the Millennium Falcon coming in!'
Sunset lenticular cloud Molly Schneider 1023
Molly Schneider
Molly Schneider knew it was a lenticular cloud making a special display Monday
Sunset cloud Prineville Michael McCormick 1023
Michael McCormick
Prineville folks also had a view of the special sunset and that lenticular cloud
Sunset Culver Diana Krugle 1023
Diana Krugle
Fewer clouds don't mean any less special a sunset
Sunset spaceship Bend Heather Flury 1023
Heather Flury
Monday evening sunset ' looks like the alien ship is landing over Bend'
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October 24, 2023 9:22 AM
Published 10:18 PM

Monday evening brought yet another in a seemingly endless series of wonderful High Desert sunsets - but what were those 'flying saucer' clouds? NewsChannel 21 Chief Meteorologist John Carroll says: "  Lenticular Clouds, usually form around the mountains as winds carve away or erode the edges of the cloud, and the lens-like appearance is what is left." Thanks for all the great ones - feel free to send yours from the Share tab at KTVZ.COM!

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