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Snow-covered volcanic cone with brown ridges showing through, capped by a flat, lens-shaped white cloud sitting on its summit against a blue sky.

Damavand Volcano, Tehran (Iran)

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Mostafa Ganjian

Tehran, Islamic Repablic of Iran

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Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics Field Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

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Asia Southern Asia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Show on map

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volcano

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Credit: Mostafa Ganjian (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 581.0 KB Aspect 4:3 Width 1600 px Height 1200 px Brand Canon Model S3IS Exposure 18 mm f/4 1/800 s ISO 75 Coordinates 35.9447, 52.1315 Tint Moderate blue Published 10 January 2010

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Konstantinos Kourtidis 15 years, 9 months ago

A nice cap cloud can be seen at the top of the mountain. Cap cloud is an orographic cloud that is formed over a mountain peak, formed by the cooling and condensation of moist air climbing up and over the peak. Cap clouds appear to remain stationary.