contessa del vento (English spelling) contessa del vento

Japanese: contessa del vento(英語表記)contessadelvento
contessa del vento (English spelling) contessa del vento

…The reason why the clouds appear to be motionless as a whole is because they are generated one after another on the windward side and evaporate and disappear on the leeward side. Mount Etna in Sicily is covered with a cap cloud called the “Countess of the Winds, Contessa del Vento.” Mushroom cloud A huge mushroom-shaped cloud formed by a volcanic explosion or a large-scale explosion of gunpowder (the largest of which is a nuclear explosion).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "contessa del vento" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…雲が全体として動かないように見えるのは次々と風上で雲が発生して風下で蒸発して消えるためである。シチリア島のエトナ山には〈風の伯爵夫人contessa del vento〉という名の笠雲がかかる。 きのこ雲火山爆発や大量火薬の爆発(最も大規模なものは核爆発)によってできた巨大なキノコ形の雲。…

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