Jellyfish Clouds, Clouds of Jellyfish
Firday's cirrus uncinus clouds over Olympia resembled a parade of jellyfish. These are high, icy clouds with a puffy head and trailing ice crystals falling out in "tentacles" behind. The tentacles are called virga--a type of precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground.
A lion's mane jellyfish in Budd Inlet. A "puffy" head (called a bell) and long tentacles behind.
"Clouds" of moon jellies in Budd Inlet. Read more about these here in my 2010 blog post.