The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Saturday, November 30, 2013
I've never seen one like that before . . .
From NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day, here's an image of a cap cloud over the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain. I've reduced the image size to fit this blog.
Yes, lenticular clouds, from the word for "lentil" in Latin, "lens." (also where the word for "lens" comes from when talking optics). We see them a lot over Mt Rainer in WA state. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=lenticular+cloud+mt+rainer&FORM=HDRSC2
In meteorological terms, it's a lenticular cloud. I've seen much smaller versions above growing thunderstorms.
ReplyDeleteYes, lenticular clouds, from the word for "lentil" in Latin, "lens." (also where the word for "lens" comes from when talking optics). We see them a lot over Mt Rainer in WA state.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=lenticular+cloud+mt+rainer&FORM=HDRSC2