The best Mammatus Cloud Phots Ever!
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:23 am
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:43 am
No way that can't be real! I thought I had seen impressive mammatus clouds before until now. That is truly amazing, most have been a very strong storm nearby.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:05 pm
I agree......it just doesn't look real....if it is, truely amazing!
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:15 pm
Well it does say, "Three of these photos were featured on the front and back cover of the Journal of Meteorology
and circulated in 26 countries." at the top. That lends some credibility to the validity of the photos.
and circulated in 26 countries." at the top. That lends some credibility to the validity of the photos.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:56 pm
Those clouds are so neat looking. Don't think i've ever seen a cloud like that. Exactly what is a mammatus cloud and what causes it to form like that?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:27 pm
That's absolutely amazing. Wow! 
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:02 pm
Those are totally AWESOME! 
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:04 pm
Haha completely looks fake! But that just seems like too difficult of a picture-edit to pull off. Wouldn't want to be under those clouds!
Wouldn't want to be under those clouds!Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:28 am
I have never seen anything like that but if I ever did I think Id be too scared to stick around and look at em. Dont know what would come out of those.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:41 am
Thanks Katdaddy.. Awesome pics..
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/oth/mm.rxml
Paul
Exactly what is a mammatus cloud and what causes it to form like that?
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/oth/mm.rxml
Paul
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:06 am
Wow, is that ever impressive! Thanks for sharing those.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:41 pm
I've seen clouds like these after a sever thunderstorm. But not as well defined as these.....
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:52 pm
Thanks for the link Paul...appreciate it
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:40 am
All I can say is ....
WOW
WOW
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:27 pm
that is extremely impressive! Truly amazing!!!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:00 pm
can you say... "Photoshopped?!"
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:56 pm
If those are real... thats some scary s***
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:33 pm
AirmaN wrote:can you say... "Photoshopped?!"
I don't think so. I don't see any repeats in the picture. I have seen similar before and after thunderstorms.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:03 pm
I've seen similar displays, but not quite as impressive as those! Sometimes, when out chasing, I'll be struck by a particular display of cloud structure, be it mammatus, a rotating cloud base, or even a tornado, and think to myself, "This looks fake, and if I saw this in a photograph, I might think it was fake", but it is, in fact, real.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:56 pm
I remember that specific day. (Hastings is about 2.5 hours WSW of where I lived at the time, now about 3 hours.)
Even out in the SW suburbs of Omaha, we had some pretty wicked storms that evening. We did get a few rounds of hail, but nothing larger than golfball sized. We also had some nice mammatus, but it was NOTHING compared to what Hastings saw.
Even out in the SW suburbs of Omaha, we had some pretty wicked storms that evening. We did get a few rounds of hail, but nothing larger than golfball sized. We also had some nice mammatus, but it was NOTHING compared to what Hastings saw.