Mount Hood is an active stratovolcano located some 50 miles (80 km) east of Portland, Oregon, US. There’s a 3-7% chance of it erupting in the next 30 years, according to the US Geological Survey. At first glance, you may think Stacey Vallas spotted it here at the point of eruption. But the clouds sprouting from Hood’s peak are just some benign orographic Cumulus, the result of water droplets condensing as warm, moist air rose up the mountain’s flanks. With little on the horizon to disturb the stillness, the placid surface of Trillium Lake will keep making its rippled reflection of nature’s fine art above.Orographic Cumulus and Stratocumulus beneath Altocumulus at sunset over Trillium Lake, Oregon, US spotted by Stacey Vallas and submitted by Susan Sandrof (Member 44,220).
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