On the morning of August 24, a breezy late-summer wind carried a cascade of clouds over the Rock of Gibraltar.
The driving force of this stunning sight is a wind pattern known in the Strait of Gibraltar as the Levanter or Levante .
When these winds blow strongest between July to October, they can form a 'banner cloud' over the top of the region's famed rock with long ribbon-like streaks.This Spanish summer, the effect was particularly breathtaking. The usually dry, easterly winds were strong enough and carried enough water vapor to create a spectacular scene.
As the easterly wind began to blow over the 426-meter-high limestone rock , moist air at the bottom of the structure was forced upwards. As the water vapor climbed, it condensed and formed a cloud that was then forced eastward by the wind, like white water rapids in the sky – or, as the name suggests, a 5-kilometer-long billowing banner, flying from a limestone pillar.
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