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Stormy day on the Bay Area. A huge cloud cluster over the Golden Gate Bridge. Taken from the Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley, California.
Mammatus clouds are some of the most unusual and distinctive clouds formations with a series of bulges or pouches emerging from the base of a cloud. The shape of mammatus formations can vary widely; from the classic protruding shape, to a more elongated tube hanging from the cloud above.
Cumulonimbus clouds are also known as thunderstorms, these clouds are huge and often unstable. Mammatus clouds often form on the most unstable cumulonimbus, meaning that there is also a chance of hail, showers and lightning in the vicinity. Sometimes mammatus may form on other cloud types which produce no rain, though this is far less common.
Mammatus comes from the Latin mamma which translates to "udder" or "breast". Their striking appearance is most visible when the sun is low in the sky and their pouches are framed by the sunlight. This supplementary feature is a firm favourite with many meteorologists and cloud enthusiasts.
It was the annual Steam Rally at the Lincolnshire Showground, and I was helping to man the Lincolnshire Mills Group marquee. The sun shone fitfully through storm clouds, and the pleasant smell of the many exhibits was in the air. Suddenly there was a loud roar, I dashed out of the tent, and just in time saw the Red Arrows doing a fly past over the Showground.
Big poufy cloud ~ what more do you need to know? ;o) ... At first - it kind of made me wonder if there weren't some governmental testing grounds *over there* or something, but ~ I haven't grown a hump on my back or anything ... yet ... but stay tuned - there's still time ...
Update:
Okay - so I consulted a weather expert friend and he was kind enough to explain this cloud formation to me ~ this big poufy cloud I thought was so cute and harmless isn't exactly so cute and harmless ...
"The name they give it is called "Cumulonimbus incus"
A cumulonimbus incus (Latin incus, "anvil") is a cumulonimbus cloud which has reached the level of stratospheric stability and has formed the characteristic flat, anvil-top shape. It can cause a supercell and then a tornado.
A cumulonimbus incus is a sub-form of cumulonimbus capillatus."
I see these quite frequently in my area of North Texas and thought they were just big poufy clouds ~ from now on, I will have to be more aware of them (and definitely have my camera at the ready!) ...
Thanks to Nebraskasc for the cloud ID!
For years we told our kids that clouds were made here ..... well it's not that far off the truth! :-)
The rising sun spreads it's warm rays of light across the sky and on the land.
This image was taken from the summit of Sitting Bear Mountain in the Linville Gorge on a trip with my good friends Keith Clontz and Dale King.
El viento, en ocasiones, hace que las nubes adquieran formas interesantes. Al fondo, a 20 kmts, 400 metros, El Puig de Randa.
The wind sometimes causes clouds acquire interesting shapes. In the background, 20 kmts, 400 meters far away, El Puig de Randa.
Clouds colored by sun just after sunset close to Keuruu in Central Finland (Canon EOS 500N, Color ISO 200 film)
Another sunset, from the "night of sunsets" looking west across the bottom of the bay from the Don Edwards National Wildlife Center.
Don Edwards Sunset 71-1-15 (20) w/PSE, NIK
As winter draws closer the sunset comes earlier and it is already a close call to get home from work, eat something and head out in time to catch the sunset. But as I watched the sky late afternoon the signs where there for a good sunset so after work I rushed off to get out in time.
And for once the clouds over Denmark worked for me instead of against me as they seem to do 9 out of 10 times.
This time shooting from a place called "Strandhem" roughly transtlates to Beach home.
The Öresund bridge making yet another apperance since it more or less dominates the view on the sea side anywhere close to where I live.
Filters used:
- Lee Filter Soft Grad ND 0.9
- Lee Filter Big Stopper (ND10)
Processing:
- Capture One
- Photoshop CS6
- Topaz inFocus