I love mountains and I love the weather. Some of the best parts about being in the mountains in my opinion is getting up close and personal with the weather. This encounter in the lake district on the way up Scafell Pike was very impressive and I couldn't help but stop and stare as this wall of cumulus cloud gently floated towards me.
From the ground, cumulus clouds can often look quite small, and even the larger ones are difficult to really comprehend. On the grand scheme of things, this cumulus cloud was nothing special, it had likely been created for the most part by orographic uplift as the abrupt end to the long valley to the east forced the air straight up a 500m incline. I suspect this was the main cause of the cloud's formation because it quickly dissipated after these photos were taken and never actually floated all the way over to me where the wind should have taken it if it was solely convective in origin. What was amazing about this particular cloud was that its true scale could really be appreciated as the almost completely flat vertical wall dwarfed the mountain below it.
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