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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.
It's almost time for spring and more storm chasing opportunities. This storm was a major system and many of the "Big Chase Teams" were lined up for this one. It did not product a tornado, but had a great wall cloud. About 35 minutes after I made this image, there was 2 inches of marble sized hail produced 10 miles to the north.
I recently viewed some awsome BW storm clouds I found on Twitter, and they appeared to be done in Infrared. They turned out very ominus looking, so I wanted to try using some of the plug-ins to see if I could duplicate that. The BW version did not look that great, but NIK's IR has several versions on a dropdown, I thought this one looked really awsome.
Storm Chase Colorado Hwy 52, 2010
Processed in PSE using NIK ColorEfexPro IR and Topaz DeJpeg.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a view and those who left these kind Comments!
I couldn't think of a better title...the lower clouds just reminds me of mountains, so... =)
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view on black (press L)
Not photoshopped! Well, I desaturated the clouds and got rid of a vase of flowers but the reflections were really there. These windows are part of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Tekapo. From the church you can look out at Lake Tekapo. I don't know how much attention I'd be able to pay to a service with the amazing view =)
Saw a fantastic looking cloud overlooking a Taco Bell/KFC. I love how detailed it looks...almost like a giant cauliflower.
Driving south from Alpine, Texas, towards Big Bend, the clouds were making crazy formations, changing quickly.
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."