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Georgie Sharp (70 months ago | reply)
Love this :-) What wonreous things clouds are ... especially of this magnitude...
Ana Bel (70 months ago | reply)
STUNNING, Michael, I love this!! I love cumuli, and this one has turned out to be so full of energy, force, power,...
Imapix (70 months ago | reply)
Something is.................brewing!
Hope you are not flying!
Superb!
mrwsierra (70 months ago | reply)
serious cloudage!
Padrone (70 months ago | reply)
Very very nice shot!
jude (70 months ago | reply)
a simply stunning catch! this looked like crisp kernel of popcorn in the thumbnail ... :)
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Panoramas (70 months ago | reply)
Extraordinaire, bravo !
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Kilaana (70 months ago | reply)
Really nice!
pixelsnap (70 months ago | reply)
Well, that's certainly a churning bubbling stew of cloudy weather! Nice one indeed!
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ShawnXian (Busy Healing!) (70 months ago | reply)
Whoa!!! This is sublime!!!!!
*Berto* (70 months ago | reply)
Really imposing clouds!
The World Through My Eyes
archie0222 (70 months ago | reply)
Very Nice shot
BrandliBraT (70 months ago | reply)
Great detailing, dynamic.
TWTME
Kris Kros (70 months ago | reply)
A-W-E-S-O-M-E
yolanda_s19 (70 months ago | reply)
Clever title to go with a magnificent photo of this cloud system.
bryanpeabody [deleted] (70 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
***Karen (70 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Fine Rain (70 months ago | reply)
Beautiful as always !
[deleted] (70 months ago | reply)
woooooow, that's magnificent
cibermakis (70 months ago | reply)
Wonderful
A Big Fave
Please add this to www.flickr.com/groups/bigfave
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r4 roachpole (70 months ago | reply)
Great Image
gardawind (70 months ago | reply)
...just amazing...
Harrier (70 months ago | reply)
Awesome presence in the clouds. Almost looks like it should be pouring out of a volcano!
(1-2-3 Nature)
RaGardner4 (70 months ago | reply)
Instant favorite - the clarity here is amazing to me. Every detail is distinguished. Very nicely done.
123Nature
falcon170ct (70 months ago | reply)
That is a powerful image.
jay-tee (70 months ago | reply)
Wonder image! Such power in those clouds. Nice work. I saw this on the second page of Explore. Congrats!
wintercove (70 months ago | reply)
Brilliant!
ms4jah (70 months ago | reply)
Thank you all for the comments! Thank you for mentioning the power, the detail, the clarity, saw on 2nd page of explore, looks like it should be pouring out a volcano- I was thinking the same.
tephdra: That's what I always say, but this time I nailed it!
Neil Zone (70 months ago | reply)
Wow excellent textures and colours - excellent shot!
Picture Taker 2 (70 months ago | reply)
Outstanding Capture.
Thanks for sharing.
Tiddleywinks (70 months ago | reply)
This is so nice.
straightfinder (70 months ago | reply)
Amazing!! Really beautiful cloud details!!
gomes_marilia (70 months ago | reply)
Just amazing...
ms4jah (70 months ago | reply)
Thank you all for all the comments and Fav's. You have pushed this to my top 20 in all categories! Thank you all.
--Steve (70 months ago | reply)
Wow! Very well done!
riacrdo (70 months ago | reply)
Congratulations, very nice shot!!
ladyloneranger (70 months ago | reply)
This is an amazing photo! The details are superb!
Lookfar (70 months ago | reply)
Massive and powerful and looks great large - What is the line across the bottom though?
anacarolinaft [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Iason Pippi (69 months ago | reply)
Amazing!
Rodrigo Daguerre (69 months ago | reply)
wow! AWESOME!
Jeremy Stockwell (69 months ago | reply)
Stunning!
brun_o (67 months ago | reply)
Incredible, I like your shot !
>PIXEL< (66 months ago | reply)
just great!!!
ms4jah (65 months ago | reply)
Way back when in the different days of explore when it was common to have 40+ photos on explore this photo was in the top 10. But then when explore changed the algortithm which made explore less competitive, this one dropped off, never to be seen again. Or so I thought until David (lookfar) suggested that I delete this from some groups to keep the number of groups a photo is in down to just a few. And the experiment worked! This popped back into explore! We'll see if I can accomplish that with some other popular photos of mine.
#17 on explore! Today. Jan 13, 2007
Lookfar: the line across the bottom is a power line. I tried to blur it out a little.
MariaWonderkind (64 months ago | reply)
stunning. It looks surreal.
yellowrubberduck (63 months ago | reply)
wahh!! This is an awesome capture
Double Exposure1 (61 months ago | reply)
About as massive as they come. Very nice.
Erik Kolstad (61 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Meteorology, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. It has been included in the companion Flickr Meteorology blog with the following text:
This is a terrific example of a dense cumulus cloud. It has the characteristic appearance of a cauliflower and is fuelled by intense updrafts of moist air. As in all clouds, the predominant process is cooling and condensation of the rising air mass. This particular cloud looks like it might develop into a cumulonimbus - a thunderhead, but for now it's just a cumulus congestus.
Here is what Wikipedia has to say about that kind of cloud: Cumulus congestus clouds are characteristic of unstable areas of the atmosphere which are undergoing convection. They are often characterized by sharp outlines and great vertical development. Because cumulus congestus is produced by strong updrafts, it is typically taller than it is wide, and cloud tops can reach 5,000 metres (15,000 ft). Cumulus congestus clouds are formed by the development of cumulus mediocris generally, though they can also be formed from altocumulus castellanus or stratocumulus castellanus as well.
Cumulus congestus will mature into cumulonimbus calvus under conditions of sufficient instability. This transformation can be seen by the presence of smooth, fibrous, or striated aspects assumed by the cloud's upper part. This cloud type produces precipitation, often in abundance. The congestus species of cloud can only be found in the genus cumulus.
Engineer J (61 months ago | reply)
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