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Lenticular clouds may form when wind runs perpendicular to a mountain or mountain chain. It could be a hill or even a tall building, too.

As the air rises, it cools. This is called expansional cooling. When the air cools down to the dew point temperature, it can no longer hold the water vapor that it once could when it was warmer, and cloud droplets form.

The altitude where this happens is called the lifted condensation level. It is the level where clouds form.

Clouds continue to form as the air rises. At a level above the mountain peak, there is either a stable layer or a level where winds run faster than below and shear off the top of the cloud. The stable layer is warmer than the air below. Either scenerio can occur. Both scenarios give the cloud a sharp edge on top.


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Time for your Alaska moment! When a pod of whales encounter a school of fish, usually herring, a couple of them will swim circles around them and release bubbles from their blow hole. This creates a sort of net that surrounds the school and corrals them in the center. Then the other whales will swim through the bottom of the net with their mouths open and scoop up the fish. Very impressive to watch! 😊
 
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