I can see the motion of the clouds, and the photo has stopped them from moving.

Well caught!

Or .. an aircraft disassembly factory. I prefer viewing them from the ground nowadays.

I do miss the mountains from when I lived in Calif.

Thanks!

I have never seen a storm sitting on a peak like that before either, and I spend a lot of time in the Rockies and other western mountain ranges.

Clouds illustrating fluid dynamics better than any textbook, rolling over the tops of the peaks and flowing through the highest passes. It's completely different than anything I saw back east, even in the Smokies.

Of course, if you're out enjoying nature, it also means get your butt to higher ground. Flash floods out here are intense, I've seen refrigeragors and garden sheds being carried down the arroyos.

Thanks for sharing your great photo!