Owen told me that the picture was simply of a sunset over Hawaiian ocean waters. Yep, that's it. It is not even volcanic activity as some have also reported.

See Amazing Breaking Wave Clouds Over Colorado. This stunning cloud formation has ... incredible sunset featuring wave-like clouds that even seem to “break” like a wave would in the ocean.

Cloud-watchers can talk all about the interesting shapes they've noticed over the years. They may have been gazing out the car window during a road trip, or tanning on the beach, or on a morning walk.

This image images to show Altocumulus clouds taken from an airplane at sunset. Before this image was attached to the wildfire claim, it was shared with the following caption on Reddit ...

In this instance, the cloud acted a bit like a tracer, illustrating the waves’ behavior. Wicked cool wave clouds crash over Boston area Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds don’t last long.

A cloud moving over Hopkins looked like ocean spray from a big wave. Credit: Alex Blaisdell ; A tri-color sunset shone over Lake Josephine. Credit: Teejay Parker ; The sun set over St. Albans Bay.