Homeowners in Exeter, Devon wasted no time snapping photographs for Facebook and excitedly posting on Twitter about the flying carpet shaped cloud hanging over the city.
The sharp-edged cloud formation was first spotted on Saturday afternoon and gained mainstream attention when it was tweeted by Laura Gilchrist, an employee at the Met Office.
So this evening, over Exeter, there was a rhombus-shaped cloud
Tweet from Laura Gilchrist, Met Office employee
She posted: "So this evening, over Exeter, there was a rhombus-shaped cloud".
But those looking for a sensational or supernatural explanation for the water vapour suspended in the shape of Aladdin's flying carpet are set to be disappointed.
A Met Office spokesman reassured residents that the cloud just an oddly-shaped contrail – the man-made clouds formed by the water vapour blasted from a plane's jet engine as it moves through the air
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/493315/Devon-Exeter-Cloud-Formation-Weird-Cloud-Flying-Carpet-Cloud-Twitter-Viral-Photo-Bizarre
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