A well worn blacksmiths anvil and cross-peen hammer

Anvil security - We keep watch, so you don't have to. "Look at this clown... sir... SIR! Could you please exit the frame sir?"

It was certainly a menacing and ever changing sky, we erred on the side of discretion and left the nearly deserted beach earlier than we had planned. Just in time as the storm erupted within 20 minutes.

Western Canada Road Trip, Section 7: Interior British Columbia

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Cumulonimbus Incus, that's what they call this anvil cloud, seen yesterday from Bacon Island in the California Delta.

I met up with Tony K. and we headed toward Stockton to frame up some clouds along these serene levee roads which wind through dozens of islands.

This is a multi-frame pano using the D FA150mm lens on the 645D. Stitched using PS CC.

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Time to drive as fast as you can before the streets get wet!

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A small rahi created by artakha. It was made to be a portable forge, tool storage, and a friend when nobody else is.

The underside of the trailing edge of a cumulonimbus incus, also known as an anvil cloud.

Storm anvil over north Texas.

A distinctive gritstone tor on Baslow Edge.

Olympus OM4 with Zuiko 50mm f1.8 lens on Agfaphoto Precisa CT100 film.

Yes that's a plane passing by

The site Extreme Instabiltiy has a good glossary of storm clouds and terms.

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A moderately intense thunderstorm located 40 miles to my northwest produced this rather long anvil. This situation was ideal for taking a panorama (8 panels).

It is silly but there is the face again.

Anvil lightning photographed from Pat Mayse Lake, north of Paris, Texas at May 9, 2016 @ 8:40 PM

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Stopped to take a stretch break and saw this amazing cloud in the sky over the ridge. Anvil Clouds generally mean thunderstorms.

Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, Australia

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A small rahi created by artakha. It was made to be a portable forge, tool storage, and a friend when nobody else is.

This long exposure was taken at the cross over from Durlston to Anvil Point (lighthouse)

in Brooklyn, New York

Panorama of a recent storm south of the city.

Sunset in Songkhla: from an image by Martin Nicholson. The two clouds show that the break-out convection in the centre of the anvil is not an accident but is a result of the conditions that involve both vertical humidity and density gradients.

The two clouds have been seeded by seasonal agricultural burning in calm conditions over land beyond the lake. Normally pyrocumulus initiated by fires in this tropical climate lean in wind aloft and morph to cirrus above at high altitudes. Three more typical pyrocumulus clouds are shown in the image taken in Bangkok in the comments below.

This fully developed thunderstorm was located ~30 miles to my north. It contained a lot of in cloud lightning but skies were still to bright to attempt any images.

I like the "strength" of this anvil. A good example of its type.

This thunderstorm (cumulonimbus clouds) was strong enough that it pushed clouds up to the troposphere. At that level the clouds spread laterally to produce the anvil.

The view is looking northeast from Waddell, Arizona.

To view the entire cloud formation see the panoramic shot at:

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