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A classic cap cloud forming over Mount Rainier, Washington, US.
Orographic Stratus and Stratocumulus form over Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain, as well as a broad cap cloud.
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Low orographic clouds cover the peaks of Mingus Mountain and Prescott National Forest in Arizona, US.
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A cloud capped peak in Johnsbach, National park, Gesäuse, Austria.
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A cap cloud over Mount Arenal, Costa Rica.
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Clouds draped over the Blue Mountains, Sydney, Australia.
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A banner cloud over El Paso, Texas, US.
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A cap cloud over mount Rainier, US.
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A cloud capped mount Herðubreið, Iceland.
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Table mountain South Africa, wearing its cloud cover known as the tablecloth.
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A cloud drapes a peak in Tomales Bay, California, US.
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A rotor wave cloud over mount Volcan, San Diego County, California, US.
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A cap cloud, spotted while flying over Queen Charlotte Sound, in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
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A view from Mariner's Wharf, looking across Hout Bay to Chapman's Peak, South Africa.
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Lenticularis over Mount Hood, Oregon, US.
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A cloud-capped summit of Mount Chimborazo in Equador.
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