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June 24, 1947 - Idaho pilot Kenneth Arnold reports seeing flying disks over Washington's Cascade Mountains; term "flying saucer" is born.

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The weather conditions in the False Pass area are very dynamic, often producing spectacular cloud formations. Here at sunset over Round Top Valley we see some very unusual lenticular clouds formed by winds over the mountains.

On rare occasions a photographer is in the right place at the right time, with film in camera, and captures a unique image for posterity. Such was the case in January 1999, with Dr. Doug Cruikshank. He and a dozen Linfield students were skiing on the slopes of Mt. Hood. This amazing lenticular cloud hung over the mountain top. In the early morning hours it glowed in shades of salmon and pink. He and the skiers momentarily became photographers.

"Inspirations from Mt. Shasta" taken from "Mt. Shasta, California's Mystic Mountain," a book by Local Author Emilie Ann Frank. Mt. Shasta Lenticular Cloud Formation.

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June 24, 1947 - Idaho pilot Kenneth Arnold reports seeing flying disks over Washington's Cascade Mountains; term "flying saucer" is born.

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