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On the Cloud 9

Swiss Alps, Zermatt - A banner cloud rolling in, taken from the window of a large size of the cable car we riding in.

 

"A banner cloud is one of a number of different cloud types that are grouped as orographic clouds. This defines them as being caused by the shaped of the land, with orographic (from the Greek óρος meaning 'hill') referring to the relief of land and mountains."

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Uploaded on January 4, 2021
Taken on September 24, 2019