Fanning out

Crocodile!

An awesome cloud to keep me company.

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Jeannot7 says:

If you blink it looks like an aligator's head rising out of the water... Funny how our brain wants to make sense out of random paterns.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr. Greenjeans says:

Way cool shot!!!!!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Harold Davis says:

Great cloud!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

ney rothier müller says:

!!!!
very beautiful!!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

eqqman says:

That's a mighty strange looking cloud, a little foreboding perhaps. Looks like it's gonna get you!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

vsz says:

that's incredible, like a crocodile head rising out of the water. great catch!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

scottwills says:

Great shot!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

vvt says:

I've never seen anything like that before!Cool. Love how the little clouds on the left of the "wave" get slowly small in size. Fab stuff.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

mimbrava says:

Looks like several of us see something reptilian here!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Calinago says:

the vastness of the sky and cloud is captured better without the windowframe... great catch anyway!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Viiicciii says:

fantastic shot...and it so does look like an aligator, Excellent!!!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

astrocruzan says:

jeez, louise. fantastic shot!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Ravindranath Y says:

fantastic
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

J. Pine [deleted] says:

out of a dream ....
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Marcello Senatore says:

Great Pix!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Renata Diem says:

This is real? hehehe amazing!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Rodel says:

Magic
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

MigMimo says:

amazing !!!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

J&S. says:

Super
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

((( Wassa ))) says:

Adoro las nubes.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Rohan Talip says:

Whoa! That's some cloud!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

la vie [deleted] says:

magnifique
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

www.jordiarmengol.net (Xip) says:

Beautiful clouds!!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

dsmithok says:

great shot!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Girl flyer says:

Amazing !! Like the sky alot ..
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

angelferd says:

a really amazing shot
i wanna do things like it!
thkx for giving us this
=D
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

dcols says:

so cool, The Crocodile.. ,-)
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

M-dub says:

Really Cool!
Truly amazing what nature does sometimes, isn't it?!
;o)
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

crizco says:

Very Cool Picture
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Robert Silverwood says:

Great!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

bulldog1 says:

Congrats...same shot from the airplane window I just saw an hour ago....wonderful!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

bokeh says:

you're right--it is awesome (in the natural wonder sense of the word)!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

SuperDave!! says:

Wow... awesome clouds!!!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Wolfy says:

Beautiful thunderhead, and yes, it does look like a croc or gator.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Solitaire1 [deleted] says:

raw, beautiful, unsettling...like a dragon has taken a dive towards earth
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

The Brown Thomas Crown says:

This is gorgeous. I have never seen a cloud like that in my travels.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Gustty says:

lovely!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

julespics says:

i just can't believe what my eyes are seeing. amazing!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Cocoabiscuit says:

Wow, great capture.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Nativeagle says:

Maybe we were on the same flight...haha

flickr.com/photos/nativeagle/33674707/in/phot ostream/
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

nepenthes says:

i'm speechless
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

_SMadsen says:

Wow, complete anatomically correct croc! The eye even with brow-bow and pupil. Amazing!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

llanisca says:

:-) que buena. Efectivamente se ve la imagen del cucudrulu.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

craig_352 says:

Striking. That's amazing. The scale is simply unbelievable. I like these moments that illustrate just how small we actually are.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

alterednate says:

The tail of the Loch Ness Cloud Monster? Nice catch!
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

laurenz says:

wonderful. Actually it does not really remind me of Loch Ness but one of the most famous Japanese paintings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai OR
www.japan-101.com/photos/showimage.php?i=5333 0
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

laurenz says:

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

yuta92 says:

Powerful!!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

cuellar says:

fantastic!!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

megapics (ccs) says:

Wonderful! It's amazing what goes on above our heads!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

earthsound says:

quite a beautiful capture!

please consider adding this to the skies above!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Bravo_Kilo says:

an awesome capture of a nice cumulonimbus.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

4BlueEyes Pete Williamson says:

wow ..well caught..But thanks goes out to Ma Nature ain't she grand!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tyggy says:

Great shot!
Please feel free to post this photo to the just opened Amazing pool
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bfranco says:

Wow! Fantastic shot!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

RochDaker says:

Classic Anvil Thunderhead...you have seen it from the ground before but it looks like thiswww.mrneal.com/photos/M0039338_811.asp
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Somaweera says:

Great picture, rare sceen.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

daniel_dandrada says:

A Cumulus Nimbus?
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Sapphiren says:

Amazing! It's like a giant wave rearing out of an ocean.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

*helmen says:

wow!
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

A knight who says Ni says:

Wow and alligator here too!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Biker999 says:

This is surely Ireland from the air?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

veryscary says:

cool.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

cyberliesl says:

wow!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Leopoly says:

Beautifality.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

mbettik says:

That is something special!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Rally_29 says:

Gotta love the clouds, awesome picture
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

carolyn_in_oregon says:

really amazing! the wonders of clouds!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

DayLove says:

Beautiful view from up there.
Great shot.
:)
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

asawaa says:

That's a gator head!
That's a one in a million shot!
Awesome!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

hiromaroonsway says:

What's?
cooool
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

maat108 says:

!!! GREAT SKY !!!
Please add this exceptional image to:
www.flickr.com/groups/greatsky/
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

psrman says:

AWESOME capture! An Instant Fave!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

dgr says:

es incrible!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

a.gusia says:

amazing!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

daniel_t_schmitt says:

It looks beautiful from above!
People down there are probably complaining about the thunderstorm.
All a matter of perspective.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

miguev says:

Impressive.
It looks like the cloud was going to eat the you!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

paladinsf says:

its alive
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Christian Frausto Bernal says:

wow !!!! amazing cloud
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Bio[parapente] says:

Impresionat shape
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

blue wing says:

wow! what's that?!!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

the_fool_cough says:

Beautiful!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Jen says: Explore the exquisiteness of our Univers says:

Spectacular--very dreeeamy.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

anti human says:

Probably the coolest cloud of all time lol
great shot
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

torbengee says:

ROOOAAAAAR! Really nice ...
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

pierofix says:

Wow!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

fgkou_01 says:

Marvelous!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

a_cloud says:

good job it wasn't hungry :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

. Az says:

that is the best cloud ever
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

fwd [deleted] says:

simply... wow
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt Sterne says:

Very cool! Very distinct! I can make out an eye, mouth, scaly skin :)
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

acarb83 says:

oh my god! the best
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

dimas_tandayu [deleted] says:

Awesome!
Glory to God who create that clouds
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

JFGama says:

man!!!
is it real??
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr DoeyBags says:

Brilliant!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

bhc9 says:

Fantastic Very hardly to believe it is real... good shot
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim AIlen says:

i have to agree with you, it does look like an alligator or a crocdile :)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Steiner62 (An Animal & his Anima) says:

Now THAT'S a cloud. Serious Meterology!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Qbic says:

Oh my god how did you take this photo????
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Gishar says:

i like this . where were ya , n whr is it ? it's cute
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

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