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Wikipedia: Mammatus (also known as mammatocumulus, meaning "bumpy clouds") is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name "mammatus" is derived from the Latin mamma (breast), due to the resemblance between the shape of these clouds and human female breasts.
We had a bad storm come through this evening, high winds & little rain. This is only the 2nd time in my life I've seen & photographed "mammatus clouds. The first time was 10+ years ago in Florida.
Original image taken into Photoshop CS, used the plug-in Virtual Photographer & the "landscape" vpf filter.
Another shot from Rachel. You will notice how much the clouds are the same wherever you go--northern or southern hemispheres. Of course these are summer clouds in the dead of winter, and if you don't understand how that can be email privately.
Software: Photoshop CS5, Photomatix, Nik Viveza, Topaz Adjust, Topaz Detail, Topaz DeNoise 5, Topaz ReMask
Canon Rebel XTi (400D)
EF 17-40mm f4L
Adobe Lightroom
Artizen HDR Lock06 Toned
Highway 549 North
Southern Alberta Canada
Saw a fantastic looking cloud overlooking a Taco Bell/KFC. I love how detailed it looks...almost like a giant cauliflower.
the sun just set a few moments ago, and this was one of the weirder sunsets: huge banks of lenticular clouds (we still have a strong, hot wind blowing)- moving and changing shapes.
They are stacked up parallel to the Ports range-
First visit to Lung Kwu Tan - a very nice place with an broad view, which I can almost see the sun at all directions.
莢狀雲
Lenticular cloud
今天台北的天空出現莢狀雲（俗稱飛碟雲）
因為今天西南風強勁過山,和山區局部渦旋輻合作用產生駐波雲層疊而成
#莢狀雲 #clouds #lenticularcloud #飛碟雲
When out and about with a friend on a particular cloudy day, we spotted this unusual rainbow cloud.
Today, I noted another Flickr photographer saw a similar scene and posted information about the phenomena. Thanks Alexandra.
"Iridescent clouds, known as "fire rainbows" or "rainbow clouds," occur when sunlight diffracts off water droplets in the atmosphere. And the recipe for these heavenly sights is actually pretty simple.
What happens is that the cumulus cloud, boiling upwards, pushes the air layers above it higher and higher. As the air gets pushed upwards, it expands and cools. And sometimes moisture in that air suddenly condenses into tiny droplets to form a cap cloud.
This "cap"—which scientists call a "pileus"—is the source of the brilliant spectacle.
The droplets in the cap cloud scatter sunlight to form the gorgeous colors."