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This series of Mammatus clouds where taken on December 27 2004 just as a really big summer thunderstorm had formed over my house in Perth, Western Australia.
From what I read, the Mammatus clouds are caused by ice in the clouds becoming heavy and causing the cloud to sag.
A very rare site!
EOS 20D And 70-200 f/4 L.
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I first saw clouds like this after a storm in Oklahoma about 4 years ago and I took some shots but have no clue where I put the pictures. A few weeks ago we had some storms in northern New Jersey and after wards the sky had this bubble effect. I had no idea they were called Mammatus clouds. It’s an awesome sight.
fabulous
Wow. I thought it was an abstract at first… so glad its not. Beautifully captured.
wow… very cool!!! I’ve never ever seen clouds do this before!
amazing!
nicely shot
Nice pic!
Congratulations, this is featured on the Skyscapes group homepage :)
very odd looking clouds, what a great capture! Congrats on your feature!
Nicely captured also known as a Balata where the golf ball “Top Flite Balata” gets its name.