The seaside resort of Clifton, near Cape Town, hugs the western slope of Table Mountain. One of Cape Town's most famous sights is the "tablecloth," a flat, white mantle of cloud that forms over the top of the mountain when moisture-laden air from the southeast rises and condenses. Its edges billow down the mountainsides like steam cascading over the edge of a cauldron.
(Text adapted from and photograph published in, "The Fairest Cape," March/April 1997, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
