The Mountain Is Steaming...Oh, Wait A Minute...

As we are driving towards Gibraltar, my husband spots this huge mountain, and says, "I think that's it.  I think that might be Gibraltar."  Hmmm....All I noticed was that there was a big cloud over it...probably raining and windy too...and all of us were in shorts and none of us had a jacket or sweatshirt...great...this should be fun!  Whining kids on a once in a lifetime trip...Where had I experienced that before...Monteserrat in Barcelona...but that is for another blog post...I'll blog about all my adventures eventually...Anyway, back to Gibraltar.  As we walked around Gibraltar, I noticed the cloud was always there at the top of the mountain.  It was like a cartoon character who has a rain cloud that follows him where ever he goes. 

Then, as we were riding around on the bus, it looked like the Rock was steaming.  I called my husband's attention to it, saying I couldn't believe how fast the clouds were moving.  He said he thought what we were seeing were clouds just as they were forming...In the video below, you can see how the wind off the ocean is slamming up against that steep slope and some how seems to be turning into clouds...

I sure wish I knew this guy's name, but his video is from www.ehow.com and he confirms my husband's suspicions... 

I mean, seriously, how cool it that???  To see clouds actually being formed out of thin air...or as the guys says, out of rising and cooling air and humidity??  It's like Mother Nature was conducting a science experiment.  Here is a still shot...

I don't know how often this happens, as I had never heard of such a thing or read about this phenomenon in the guide book, but apparently it happened often enough to cause the movement of the original signal station to a different location.  This may have been the highest point on Gibraltar, but not the clearest...It was awesome...Hasta luego...