South Slope Posted on June 7, 2010 [ san antonio road, sonoma county, ca ] Categories: Agriculture, Animals + Wildlife, Atmosphere, Clouds, Daily Photo Sketchbook, David Bacigalupi Photo Journal, Environment, Journal, Photo, Photograph, Rural, Sonoma County, Trees, Weather, Wind, © 2010 Bacigalupi
At second and third glance, there are so many mirrored forms here that once recognized, it is hard to see the terrain for the orographic clouds.
I careened off the road hoping to be able to get all that before the clouds moved on. It was magic that day…
orographic would seem the perfect word, look it up.
Very good term to know. The process also includes “adiabatic cooling”! Wow, who knew? A picture IS worth 1000 words… Big fancy ones too!