Are those UFOs near that mountain? No -- they are multilayered lenticular clouds. Moist
air forced to flow upward around mountain tops can
create lenticular
clouds. Water droplets condense from moist air cooled below the dew point, and clouds are opaque groups of water
droplets. Waves in the air that would normally be seen horizontally can then be
seen vertically, by the different levels where
clouds form. On some days the city of Seattle, Washington, USA, is treated to an
unusual sky show when lenticular clouds form near Mt. Rainier, a large volcanic
mountain
that looms just under 100 kilometers southeast of the city. This image of a
spectacular cluster of lenticular clouds was
taken in 2008 December.
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