Timbuff10
Well-Known Member
Got a few comments from you guys asking what this was and some of you knew exactly what it was and just thought it was cool. Thought I would share a larger version of the photo with everyone else so you can make out what it is.
Basically what is happening is downward moving air (convection in the inverse) causes mammats to hang down from the base of another cloud, typically cumulonimbus or sometimes midlevel stratus (altostratus).
We can get some really cool looking mammatus clouds here in Colorado from time to time and I think these were some of the most impressive I have ever seen. I decided to take a picture and when I did a huge flock of birds happened to jump right into the frame resulting in my photo. It was really a creepy feeling that afternoon. It was dead quiet about 5 minutes later as every animal in the area had bugged out and then the sky opened up with a downpour like no other. Kinda cool how animals are so in tune with nature.
Basically what is happening is downward moving air (convection in the inverse) causes mammats to hang down from the base of another cloud, typically cumulonimbus or sometimes midlevel stratus (altostratus).
We can get some really cool looking mammatus clouds here in Colorado from time to time and I think these were some of the most impressive I have ever seen. I decided to take a picture and when I did a huge flock of birds happened to jump right into the frame resulting in my photo. It was really a creepy feeling that afternoon. It was dead quiet about 5 minutes later as every animal in the area had bugged out and then the sky opened up with a downpour like no other. Kinda cool how animals are so in tune with nature.
