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A 'cloud dance' over the Grand Teton captured the attention of many this week in Grand Teton National Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Residents around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks often fall into a rut of taking for granted the rare and amazing natural resources in their own backyards. So it’s no surprise when a grizzly bear, gray wolf or bull moose serves as a reminder of how special it is to live at the doorstep of an iconic national park.<\/p>\n

But clouds?<\/p>\n

Apparently, clouds were a major attraction Thursday in Grand Teton National Park, as an unusual cloud formation put on a dazzling show that sent visitors and veteran National Park Service employees scrambling for cameras and staring skyward.<\/p>\n

Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs said in a statement released Friday that the ‘cloud dance’ played out just over the summit of the Grand Teton, and was easily visible from\u00a0the park’s headquarters campus at Moose, Wyoming.<\/p>\n

Skaggs said the airborne vapor was the most unusual and longest-lasting she had ever seen in her nearly 40 years of living in the area.<\/p>\n

“Often, it looked like Niagara Falls, and then it would appear to be a huge bird with outstretched wispy wings, and its beak just touching the top of the Grand,” Skaggs said of the odd lenticular formation.<\/p>\n

Luckily, for everyone, Skaggs got a good photo, and shared it with the press. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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But clouds?<\/p>\n

Apparently, clouds were a major attraction Thursday in Grand Teton National Park, as an unusual cloud formation put on a dazzling show that sent visitors and veteran National Park Service employees scrambling for cameras and staring skyward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[378,142],"yoast_head":"\n'Cloud dance' over Tetons draws eyes skyward - Yellowstone Gate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=10488\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Cloud dance' over Tetons draws eyes skyward - Yellowstone Gate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Residents around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks often fall into a rut of taking for granted the rare and amazing natural resources in their own backyards. 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