The cloud sported vibrant sunrise hues in the early morning of January 19 and held form for several hours.

Fans of Jordan Peele's 2022 hit movie "Nope" will know a suspicious looking cloud could mean foul play of the third kind.

But intergalactic theories aside, this is a lenticular, or lens, cloud.

These clouds are more common near mountains and hills, resulting from winds navigating geographical features.

Bursa, a city of two million people, sits at the foot of Mount Uludag in Turkey's north west.

The lenticular cloud likely formed when moist air pushed up and over the mountain, creating a layered cloud in an unnatural looking formation.

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But it doesn't last long, fast moving air descends from the peak breaking the cloud apart.

Footage of the Bursa example offers a fleeting glimpse at one of the natural world's most beautiful and unusual cloud formations.