Clouds are Kickass (894 hits)
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Submitted by SmalltownSally (View user info) at 2009-06-16 11:58:31 EDT
I saw these pictures on a collection of photography websites that a friend of mine sent me. According to the credits, none of them are photoshopped, but a few made me stop and really look and wonder. There are some phenomena called Mother of Pearl clouds, as well as lenticulous. Some are as simple as thunderheads shot from a distance. Hopefully you haven't seen them all already.
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Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2009-06-21 03:29:21 EDT (#)
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What, no cumulus mammatus?
Submitted by Tokerson (user info) at 2009-06-18 04:12:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Ebenezer_Spooge (user info) at 2009-06-18 02:53:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Gayvid_Gerrold (user info) at 2009-06-18 02:24:17 EDT (#)
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thanks grandma
Submitted by Gayvid_Gerrold (user info) at 2009-06-18 02:24:17 EDT (#)
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thanks grandma
Submitted by RoadSong (user info) at 2009-06-18 01:47:53 EDT (#)
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Very nice.
Random wave shot in the mix...
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-06-17 12:28:50 EDT (#)
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Cool.
The one of the airport is definately Langoliers approaching.
Submitted by spuj (user info) at 2009-06-17 04:29:05 EDT (#)
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so truly kick ass pics.
some beautiful things in this world.
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-06-17 02:21:36 EDT (#)
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Everytime I see weird clouds I think of Independence Day and think alien space-craft are going to come out and start shooting.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2009-06-17 02:13:48 EDT (#)
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Mammatus
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2009-06-17 01:52:12 EDT (#)
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No, THIS...^...is being an ass.
Try: Google images/mammitus (or) mammary
And maybe, when you grow up, I'll tell you what type of cloud that is and how/why it forms up.
but probably not.
Wikipedia ???? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA gasp AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-17 01:51:21 EDT (#)
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http://motherfuckingmushroomcloud.ytmnd.com/
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2009-06-17 00:22:52 EDT (#)
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Preeeeeety.
Submitted by moopy4u (user info) at 2009-06-16 20:39:06 EDT (#)
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Kewlio!
Submitted by SmalltownSally (user info) at 2009-06-16 17:08:26 EDT (#)
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I know Wikipedia is less than reliable, generally speaking, but since you're bent on being an ass for no reason, Wildman, try a little education. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2009-06-16 16:07:37 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SmalltownSally (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:25:10 EDT (#)
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@EI - those are called mammatus clouds. Hot air above + cold air below + rapid air current = "boiling" clouds.
^^^^^
Those are not mammitus or mammary clouds.
Please try again.
Submitted by sandmantate (user info) at 2009-06-16 16:06:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SmalltownSally (user info) at 2009-06-16 15:24:51 EDT (#)
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Colorado has more rainbows than anyplace I've ever seen. I went on a whitewater rafting trip up in Sugarloaf when I was a teenager, and I remember that wen we first got there, we'd stop and take a picture of the rainbow every time. By the end of the week, we were all like "Oh, whoopee... another rainbow..."
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2009-06-16 15:10:31 EDT (#)
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I've seen really strange cloud formations here in Colorado as well as in Maryland and Oregon. Photoshop is a possibility, but I don't think so. Real life is always stranger than fiction.
Cool pictures.
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2009-06-16 14:13:14 EDT (#)
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That is SO [insert exclamation] [insert adjective]!
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2009-06-16 14:06:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2009-06-16 17:31:28 BST (#)
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8th one down on the left especially.
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Real or not, that one is my fave.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:50:54 EDT (#)
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I saw those same pictures ON THE INTERNET AND WHEN I LOOK UP IN THE SKY!!!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:41:04 EDT (#)
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I clicked on this expecting to see clowns.
This was ok too, though.
Submitted by Replen (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:27:43 EDT (#)
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During the Marilyn Manson set at Download last weekend I looked up and saw a cloud shaped like a massive dick. Apt I thought, considering Manson's pathetic performance.
Prodigy however, fucking smashed it.
Submitted by DaBeast (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:12:31 EDT (#)
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Kewl
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:03:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:51:45 EDT (#)
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All sorts of awesome.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:49:33 EDT (#)
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It was Mount Hekla!
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:49:25 EDT (#)
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These are pretty neat.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/8276/ Active volcano at 71 deg+ north, where you can see the Aurora Borealis.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:47:26 EDT (#)
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Iceland, apparently: http://www.iww.is/art/shs/pages/thumbs.html
Submitted by SmalltownSally (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:40:51 EDT (#)
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@Donkey - we get a lot of sunset storms here in Texas during the summer, so most of these color combinations don't seem weird to me. The one that jacked with me the most were the mother of pearl clouds (the rainbowy looking ones 10th down on the left). I had to google them, and it wasn't till I found a website that explained them that I believed it. But I'm with you... I don't know that the colors weren't enhanced in a couple of these. The red and green photo is the northern lights over what appears to be an erupting volcanom and I don't know of anywhere in the world where you can see the northern lights AND an erupting volcano.
Anyone know?
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:38:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Graveyboat (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:34:00 EDT (#)
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*dough eyed awe*
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:33:22 EDT (#)
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I like the one that looks like a wee little alien face staring down
Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:31:28 EDT (#)
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I enjoyed this but I get get over some of the unnatural colors in a few of these pictures. 8th one down on the left especially.
None the less, neat.
Submitted by kovalevmk (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:29:55 EDT (#)
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Nice.
Submitted by GreatOdensRaven (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:28:07 EDT (#)
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I agree, kickass photos... but some have got to be photoshopped.
Submitted by SmalltownSally (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:25:10 EDT (#)
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@EI - those are called mammatus clouds. Hot air above + cold air below + rapid air current = "boiling" clouds.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:19:33 EDT (#)
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sorry but some of those must be photoshopped.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:16:53 EDT (#)
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fucking awesome.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:15:58 EDT (#)
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cool
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:11:33 EDT (#)
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Awesome. But if third down on the right isn't photoshopped, I'd be very surprised.
Submitted by HateMudkips (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:09:22 EDT (#)
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some kick ass photos indeed
Submitted by SmalltownSally (user info) at 2009-06-16 12:00:19 EDT (#)
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Oh yeah.... and a really cool wave, too. And a missile trail.
Submitted by Ebenezer_Spooge (user info) at 2009-06-16 11:59:52 EDT (#)
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This just may be the best thing I've ever had the chance to gander at, yes!