Salt Lake Lenticular

Provided by: Samuel Lassiter
Summary authors & editors: Samuel Lassiter

I had just arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on a business trip when I noticed this stacked lenticular cloud formation looming over the hard-edged Wasatch Mountains. These fascinating wave clouds sometimes occur when relatively stable air is forced to rise over elevated terrain, where the air is cooled to the point of saturation. Photo taken on February 18, 2007.

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