We had stopped to eat our sandwiches for lunch while out exploring. Stan said "Hey, look at that cloud over the peak! I immediately grabbed my camera, thinking that this looked like a spaceship hovering over the top of this eroded mountain. I recognized it right away as a lenticular cloud, Lenticular clouds are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere. They are often comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer. As air travels along the surface of the Earth, obstructions are often encountered, including natural features, such as mountains or hills, which disrupt the flow of air into "eddies", or areas of turbulence. If the temperature at the crest of the wave drops below the dew point, moisture in the air may condense to form lenticular clouds. This cloud sat there, unchanging in its appearance for all the time we were having lunch.
2 comments:
Amazing photo of the spaceship hovering over the mountain. I never heard of a Lenticular Cloud so thank you for the lesson. Joan
I have never heard of Lenticular clouds, either. It does look like a spaceship! Very cool photo. Betsey
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