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`Cap Cloud´


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Looking from the bank of Gerlitzen near Villach in Carinthia to the south-west one was able to observe a humid air flow which was forced over the top of a mountain. Condensation initiated by this lifting of air masses generated the "cap-cloud" over the summit.

 

S. Borrmann, Bank of Gerlitzen, Carinthia, Austria, January 2003