Not surprisingly, the state of California has a lot of lenticular clouds due to its rapidly changing landscape from deep valleys to tall mountains. This classification of cloud has been featured ...

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Lenticular clouds can form in a stable atmosphere when wind blows moisture-rich air up and over a mountain. As the air moves up, it cools to a point where it condenses and forms a cloud.

The clip shows a cotton candy–like cloud formation appearing to spin above a snow-capped mountain peak. The "lenticular formation first started forming around 7 a.m. [local time]," said Yamaguchi.

Lenticular clouds are common at Pacific Northwest volcanoes, like Mt. Shasta, Hakim said. These high peaks have strong winds and tower above their surroundings, providing enough lift to form the cloud ...

Lenticular clouds were seen above the W. M. Keck Observatory on March 8, hovering in the skies above the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes.

Videographer Robert Renick captured a time-lapse video Sunday of a self-regenerating “lenticular” cloud that spent the late afternoon and evening hovering atop the 14,179-foot-tall summit of ...

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