Mammatus
Mammatus clouds look scary -- but, unlike the storms that produce them, they're harmless. Formed by sinking ice crystals in the base of a storm cloud, they don't seem like they belong on planet Earth. This was taken on a Kansas storm chase in May of 2006. In the distance, a supercell (which is a fancy word for a type of rotating thunderstorm) has been churning away in one place for the better part of an hour.
In the Storm Chaser photo essay.
7 Responses
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On 23 March 2008 Mojca S. gave props:
Wonderful!
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On 23 March 2008 Brian Holt gave props:
Beautiful and interesting!
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On 25 March 2008 Nancy Charter Kechnie Goatbe said:
How unusual.. Reading about your storm chaseing and seeing your photo,s is fascinateing.. great work!
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On 25 March 2008 blue mitchell gave props:
wow!
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On 27 March 2008 melanie scott gave props:
this is unreal! i've never seen anything like it!
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On 28 March 2008 luca tenaglia said:
impressive! (as all your other storm chasing shots!)
never seen clouds like those! -
On 12 June 2008 Randy Wentzel said:
We sometimes see mammatus clouds here in CA, but they're very rare and are usually just located in small sections of other clouds. Awesome shots!
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