The wierd, beautiful, stormy sky [Explore]
Mammatus are most often associated with the anvil cloud and also severe thunderstorms. ... When occurring in cumulonimbus, mammatus are often indicative of a particularly strong storm or maybe even a tornadic storm. Due to the intensely sheared environment in which mammatus form, aviators are strongly cautioned to avoid cumulonimbus with mammatus.
Mammatus may appear as smooth, ragged or lumpy lobes and may be opaque or semitransparent. Because mammatus occur as a grouping of lobes, the way they clump together can vary from an isolated cluster to a field of mamma that spread over hundreds of kilometers to being organized along a line, and may be composed of unequal or similarly-sized lobes. The individual mammatus lobe average diameters of 1–3 km and lengths on average of 0.5 km. ... They usually are composed of ice, but also can be a mixture of ice and liquid water or be composed of almost entirely liquid water.
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Uno strano, bellissimo cielo tempestoso
Le nuvole "mammatus" sono spesso associate con le nuvole ad
incudine e con le tempeste più intense...
Quando si verificano all'interno dei cumulonembi, le nuvole mammatus
indicano uno sviluppo temporalesco particolarmente intenso o di tipo
tornado. A causa dell'ambiente ad alta vorticosità in cui si formano,
i piloti di aerei tentano di evitare accuratamente queste zone.
Le mammatus appaiono come globi dall'aspetto liscio o frastagliato e
possono presentare diversi gradi di opacità. Queste nuvole formano dei
veri e propri grappoli; il modo con cui si aggregano può formare un
ammasso isolato o un intero fronte di centinaia di km. Ogni globo ha
un diametro medio di 1-3 km e una lunghezza di circa 500m. Sono spesso
composti da cristalli di ghiaccio ma possono presentarsi anche in una
combinazione di acqua e ghiaccio o addirittura solo di acqua.
da Wikipedia
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Amiela40, Dunia Osorio, Immacolata Giordano, ђυmiє, and 88 other people added this photo to their favorites.
► La.Ra. ◄ (21 months ago | reply)
Mamma mia!!!! che effetto....Divino!! Dovrebbe esse il vento ad alta quota che crea questo effetto...da diluvio universale..o sbaglio!?!? Bellissima foto!! Buona giornata, Ciao!
RuRaLaN (21 months ago | reply)
dream ON...
tilla0 (21 months ago | reply)
mai avuto la fortuna di vederle.. semmbrano finte!
bellebelle!
Spring0604 (21 months ago | reply)
Fantastic sky!
Amiela40 (21 months ago | reply)
Shape and design of these clouds are superb. Very lovely too to see the differents tones of color..
What a sky !!! What beautiful clouds !!!!!
:-) Have a nice day, dear Rob
poetry2009 (21 months ago | reply)
...uragano in vista?
o0o Bev o0o (21 months ago | reply)
o0o it has to be the topping of a lemon meringue pie ...! has to be ...
hehe ... great clouds Rob ....Bev oOo hope you are being good ...!
Dunia Osorio (21 months ago | reply)
This is the first time I know the word mammatus, hahah, though it seems those kind of clouds are dangerous, the shot is so beautiful, I love the patterns of those wonderful clouds, gosh! you are so lucky capturing them. Great job mi amigo!
Immacolata Giordano (21 months ago | reply)
Incredibile!
karinrogmann (21 months ago | reply)
bellisima foto! un cielo affascinante ma un pò inquietante. ciao.
Corsaro078 (21 months ago | reply)
Mai visto un cielo del genere!
ђυmiє (21 months ago | reply)
Weird indeed, great capture
Flacrem (21 months ago | reply)
Bella Molto!
sash design photography (21 months ago | reply)
bravo my friend
onwatersedge (21 months ago | reply)
that is amazing, great shot.
❤ Marie Sexy Legs ❤ (21 months ago | reply)
This is really beautiful.. I love it!
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ciccioetneo (21 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture!
Impala74 (21 months ago | reply)
gran cielo e gran cattura - in genere è la base di cumulonembo particolarmente "vigoroso", tanto bella quanto presagio di forti precipitazioni e fulmini.
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Panorama Paul (21 months ago | reply)
Fantastic... what a GREAT looking sky!! I've only ever seen mammatus clouds once in my life before... but unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me that time!! Luck, lucky you for getting such a great shot of them!!
Fausto Bufardeci (21 months ago | reply)
Fede la lince (21 months ago | reply)
stupefacente! da rimanere incantati, ma anche un po' intimoriti, nei pressi di un cielo così tempestoso...
♥Greta♥ (21 months ago | reply)
Che buffe queste nuvole!!
Ercolina ;-) (21 months ago | reply)
io te la FAVvo, un cielo così è uno spettacolo...
zanimo (away) (21 months ago | reply)
saucyAshwani (21 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot
o0o Bev o0o (21 months ago | reply)
o0o Hi Rob still think they look like the top of a lemon meringue pie ..!!!!!!! oOo
o0o Bev o0o (21 months ago | reply)
Enri92 (21 months ago | reply)
..bellissima, complimenti!!!!
Giusfido63' (21 months ago | reply)
che spettacolo!!!
forastico (21 months ago | reply)
SnaPsi Сталкер (21 months ago | reply)
impressive capture!
moosebite (21 months ago | reply)
amazing!
_@lbe_ (molto OFF e poco ON) (21 months ago | reply)
Cн¡aяa D. (21 months ago | reply)
wow!!!
Amiela40 (21 months ago | reply)
jose_abc (21 months ago | reply)
Very nice picture. Wonderful composition :-)
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Ana Encinas. (21 months ago | reply)
Very weird sky, you´re right, and very well captured!!!
Congrats on the Explore!! Bravissimo, my friend. Buongiorno! =)
swishphoto.nl (21 months ago | reply)
Rambynas (21 months ago | reply)
SolitudeWays. (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful.
Steve Major (21 months ago | reply)
malgor13 (21 months ago | reply)
amazing sky, stunning photo
bug eye :) Thailand (21 months ago | reply)
Great !
contemporary jak [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
Superbe...
flytrue2 (21 months ago | reply)
Despite their fierce appearance mammatus clouds are usually seen during the diminishing stages of a thunderstorm when inflow to the cumulonimbus has been undercut by cold descending air. You're quite right though, as a pilot myself I agree there's no reason to fly anywhere near a thunderstorm if it can be avoided. Very dramatic light for this shot!
Edson Lima ϟ (21 months ago | reply)
Perfeitas nuvens! *-*
--Steve (21 months ago | reply)
Wow!
i.beela (21 months ago | reply)
cool
Rebel's Photography (21 months ago | reply)
WOW now that is AWESOME!