"Chinese Hat" - This megalithic solid cloud was seen and photographed by blog host, June 1990. Meteorologists have confirmed that the many glaciers of Mount Rainier can produce their own weather patterns. One of the outcrops of these patterns can occasionally be huge lenticular clouds that sit on top of the entire mountain as a "hat." This cloud is estimated to be approximately 75 miles in diameter, in comparsion with the lower base diameter of the mountain being roughly 90 miles. -ed.