APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

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APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by APOD Robot » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:08 am

Image Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska

Explanation: When do cloud bottoms appear like bubbles? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. This is because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a specific temperature, which usually corresponds to a very specific height. As water droplets grow, an opaque cloud forms. Under some conditions, however, cloud pockets can develop that contain large droplets of water or ice that fall into clear air as they evaporate. Such pockets may occur in turbulent air near a thunderstorm. Resulting mammatus clouds can appear especially dramatic if sunlit from the side. The mammatus clouds pictured above were photographed over Hastings, Nebraska during 2004 June.

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Re: APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by Ann » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:14 am

If I were Heracles, I'd feel like suckling right now.

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Re: APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by Nitpicker » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:47 am

And they say you can't see the Milky Way in the daytime.

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Re: APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by anon » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:05 am

they are a sign of an unstable tornado prone sky.

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Re: APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by Boomer12k » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:32 am

And you thought yesterday's Nebula was GLOBBY.....THIS is Globby.....

Really awesome example of the phenomena...

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Re: APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by C0ppert0p » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:31 pm

The foreground completely ruined the picture :(

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Re: APOD: Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska (2014 Apr 15)

Post by Nitpicker » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:14 pm

C0ppert0p wrote:The foreground completely ruined the picture :(
I disagree. I have a soft spot for brick brutalism in architecture. I think the whole image is superb.