Biblical Sky by photosynthesis
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Description
A mammatus formation. This is a slight reworking of a photo I posted a few years ago in my other (eyeland) gallery. I took this from my deck & though it looked really ominous, the storm I expected to follow never materialized.
From Wikipedia:
"Mammatus, also known as mammatocumulus (meaning "mammary cloud" or "breast cloud"),[1][2] is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus, derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "breast"), refers to a resemblance between the characteristic shape of these clouds and the breast of a woman.
Mammatus are most often associated with the anvil cloud and also severe thunderstorms. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.[citation needed] In the United States, sky gazers may be most familiar with the very distinct and more common cumulonimbus mammatus. When occurring in cumulonimbus, mammatus are often indicative of a particularly strong storm or maybe even a tornadic storm. Due to the intensely sheared environment in which mammatus form, aviators are strongly cautioned to avoid cumulonimbus with mammatus.
Mammatus may appear as smooth, ragged or lumpy lobes and may be opaque or translucent. Because mammatus occur as a grouping of lobes, the way they clump together can vary from an isolated cluster to a field of mamma that spread over hundreds of kilometers to being organized along a line, and may be composed of unequal or similarly-sized lobes. The individual mammatus lobe average diameters of 1–3 km and lengths on average of 0.5 km. A lobe can last an average of 10 minutes, but a whole cluster of mamma can range from 15 minutes to a few hours. They usually are composed of ice, but also can be a mixture of ice and liquid water or be composed of almost entirely liquid water."
Comments (17)
DAVER2112
Wow! That looks awesome. Great sky. Very nice capture. :)
Sea_Dog
Stunning! Great work.
Meisiekind
Biblical indeed - breathtaking!
Feliciti
looks fantastic and dramatic too !!
jayfar
This is what I would call a really threatening sky and wonderfully captured.
Hendesse
Fantastic sky and light. Excellent shot!
cfulton
It is super when one gets to see these formations. I love clouds! Clive
JuliSonne
Grandios....and monolithic!!!
sandra46
SUPERB SKY
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent work
Richardphotos
we have had many clouds looking like this and I have posted several.very ominous and superb capture
angora
awesome capture!!! last time I saw these the world almost came to an end ;-) what happened?
rainbows
Incredible sky, you choose the correct title for it too. Diane.
thecytron
AmaZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzing cloud formation! Looks like something is going down!
ia-du-lin
wonderful clouds formation, beautiful shot
alanwilliams
very old testament
dakotabluemoon
Excellent shot here hon awesome sky.