Mount St. Helens

[doughboy1956]

Here is something not many of us get to see, unless
you live near there - Mt. St. Helens at sunrise. Mt. St.. Helens continues to spew ash, while it is forming a lava dome in the crater and still having minor tremors. Here in this sunrise shot, she appears to be blowing smoke rings (and anything so benign is welcomed, given recent history). What forms
the "smoke rings" is the air flowing over the mountain getting pushed up higher as it goes up and over the top. The moisture content and initial
temperature are just right so that the moisture condenses from a vapor to small particles at the higher altitude. When the moving air moves past the
peak and comes down again, the particles evaporate back to an invisible vapor. The two "pancakes" describe that there are two layers of air for
which this is happening, thus making this awesome picture possible. Picture
by Brent and Jan LeBaron

[_MD_]

sweet picture

[toddyboman]

thats cool looking.

[Shaun_300]

Neat picture!

[Les]

Nice picture.

[wtnhunt]

That is a cool pic.

[c_lou]

That is one cool picture.

[gitcha_some]

wow id try to get that published if i were you

[slugshooter]

That's awesome.

[boomer]

Nice pic!

[arrow32]

Pretty cool pic.

[outdoorgirl]

cool picture

[HarvDog]

wow! very cool

[mo_hunter]

awesome pic.

[GregE]

If you research that photo source I bet you'll find that is Mt Rainier. The three knobs give it away and the 'cap clouds' are a common occurance there - Still a great photo.