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Disc-shaped cloud flying at an altitude of thousands of meters

The lens cloud appearing near the top of Mount Shasta has a unique color thanks to the sunlight.
Paul Zerr captured a spectacular scene near Mount Shasta, California, USA, while driving in the early morning of February 12. It is a lenticular cloud with an altitude of 5500 to 7600 m.
The sun rose around 7 a.m. that day.
This cloud captured the first yellow-orange rays, even before the ground was illuminated.
Lenticular clouds form when moist air rises on top of a mountain, penetrating into cooler air above.
When the temperature drops sufficiently, the air mass can condense and form clouds. They usually occur in mountainous areas, when the atmosphere is in a stable state.
With its unique shape, lens clouds are often mistaken for flying saucers.
They don’t move with the wind like a normal cloud, but stay still.
Although it looks still, in fact, the water vapor inside the cloud continually condenses and dissolves.

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