The snow-capped crags of the high Cascades bask under sunshine and fair conditions on a pleasant, dry summer day. Still, just enough moisture lingered about for the orographic lift to boost some parcels to saturation and form ragged-bottomed cumulus fragments–fractocumulus. The presence of a turquoise-colored cirque lake at middle left completes this look at all three phases of the water cycle: solid, liquid and vapor.
Over western WA (27 Jul 11) Looking SW