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Lenticular Cloud at Sunset Last Night

Even when I'm not out actively pursuing photographs, sometimes they arrive at my doorstep anyway.  

Lenticular clouds are so common in the Eastern Sierra they ore often referred to locally as "Sierra Wave Clouds."  Air flows over the Sierra Nevada, dips into the steep 4000 to 10,000 foot drop off here on the back side, then takes a bounce back up, and water vapor condenses as the air rises and cools at the top of that downstream wave.  It's like the wave which can form on the downstream side of a rock submerged in a river.

Even when I’m not out actively pursuing photographs, sometimes they arrive at my doorstep anyway.

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  1. Awesome!   I will have to go check it out one of these days. I know where Mono Lake is, and I now know where lake Tahoe is, Just finally got to see it myself recently and it was beautiful!  I love the diversity in climate and terrain in California!  There are truly amazing things to see here!

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