Re: link to picture - Fw: Mt. St. Helens at sunrise

That is amazing.
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] link to picture - Fw: Mt. St. Helens at sunrise


For anyone interested in seeing this picture, I have posted it here.....
will be taking it off in a couple days.

http://www.simplymyworld.com/StHelens.jpg

Donna


> On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
> > Sorry, guys. I guess it was mistaken for a virus. But it was a great
> > shot. Any ideas how I can pass it along?
> > Cathy
> > On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 08:04 AM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> >
> >> Thought you guys would appreciate this picture!
> >> Cathy
> >>
> >> Begin forwarded message:
> >>> Mt. St. Helens, Washington, continues to spew ash, while it is
> >>> forming
> >>> a lava dome
> >>> in the crater and still having minor tremors.
> >>>
> >>> In this sunrise shot, she appears to be blowing smoke rings (and
> >>> anything so benign is welcomed, given recent history.)
> >>>
> >>> What forms the "smoke rings" is the air flowing over the mountain
> >>> getting pushed up higher as it goes up and over the top.  The
> >>> moisture
> >>> content and initial temperature are just right so that the
> >>> moisture condenses from a vapor to small particles at the higher
> >>> altitude.  When the moving air moves past the peak and comes down
> >>> again, the particles evaporate back to an invisible vapor.
> >>> The two "pancakes" describe that there are two layers of air for
> >>> which
> >>> this is happening, thus making this awesome picture possible.

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