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A cloud while traveling through California

Believe this cloud formation is due to an orographic lift. This is when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over a mountain.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Near Bakersfield, California, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T5i
Copyright: © Shirley Weaver