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  1. 08-15-2006, 10:55 #1
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    Just had to share this while looking for some cloud pictures. Nature continues to amaze me!















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  2. 08-15-2006, 12:13 #2
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    Amazing!
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    RUN FOOL RUN! Those are some of the angriest clouds I've seen.


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    Aliens are coming to vacuum us off the Earth!

    Seriously, those clouds are amazing to say the least.
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  6. 08-15-2006, 19:58 #6
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    Default Re: Spectacular clouds

    if you look at it, this one looks like a naked woman picking her nose.
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    Are you sure the 6th one isn't photoshopped or something?


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    I couldn't believe it myself either. The lighting, texture and form is just fantastic. But it is a type of cloud called mammatus. See here for more pics: http://jornolsen.com/mammatus_slideshow/index.htm

    From wikepedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus):
    Mammatus (also known as mamma or mammatocumulus, meaning "breast-cloud") is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, often a cumulus or cumulonimbus. Their color is normally a bluish gray, the same as that of the host cloud, but direct illumination from the setting sun and other clouds may cause a gold or reddish cast. Mammatus can persist anywhere from minutes to hours, diffusing and disappearing over time.
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    Awesome, showed the clouds to a workmate and he said that number 6 looked like an udder and then we scrolled down... another aptly descriptive name from the scientists.
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    Default Re: Spectacular clouds

    Here is a website of a guy who chases supercell thunderstorms through Tornado Alley. You might have seen some of his photos from a web hoax that was debunked by Snopes. The perpetrators were taking his photos and claiming they were from Hurricane Katrina. The photos are actually just supercell thunderstorms.

    http://www.extremeinstability.com/index.htm

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    Unrelated (should have called this thread Spectacular Nature), but here is an amazing video of an octopus using its camouflage:
    http://www.break.com/index/octopus1.html

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    if you look at it, this one looks like a naked woman picking her nose.
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    The photos are actually just supercell thunderstorms.
    Excellent pictures, thanks for the link!
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    Wow, absolutily amazing!
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    Really amazing, but scary at the same time.


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