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Mammatus clouds
Published on November 16, 2005 By Nebraskawoman In Misc
I got this in an email from a friend just this morning. The pictures are awesome.

Mammatus clouds....Spectacular!

"Jorn Olsen works for the Dutton-Lainson Co. in Hastings, Nebraska, and lives by Heartwell Park next to Hastings College. Just after the big storm hit, he took these photos and sent them to UNL which, then, posted them to the following URL. The stadium lights are at the Hastings College stadium just east of his home.

The clouds are called Mammatus clouds and there's a link on this URL that tells about them. They do not precede a tornado, or fortell a storm, but are formed when the air is already saturated with rain droplets and/or ice crystals and begins to sink. The worst of the storm is usually over when these kind of clouds are seen. They are quite rare, but really beautiful.


Here is the link to the website they are posted on.
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What do ya think? I thought they were awesome pictures. But I love watching the clouds.
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Comments
on Nov 16, 2005
Wow! Those clouds are amazing and completely surreal! Thanks for sharing.
on Nov 16, 2005
These are fantastic cloud pictures!

I too am a cloud watcher and take oodles of pix of them, none as good as these tho!

thanks for sharing them!
on Nov 16, 2005
Glad to see I'm not the only one who has her head in the clouds. I;m glad you liked them. I knew I had to share them as soon as I saw them.
on Nov 16, 2005
Awesome!
on Nov 16, 2005
Those are amazing. Wow, wow, wow.
on Nov 16, 2005
They are amazing!  I am a cloud watcher as well!  Just dont get a lot of chances!
on Dec 01, 2005
glad you everyone likes them. I wish there were some interesting clouds out today. All we have right now is a bunch of dark clouds and very very cold wind.
on Dec 01, 2005
glad you everyone likes them. I wish there were some interesting clouds out today. All we have right now is a bunch of dark clouds and very very cold wind.
on Dec 01, 2005
"Paint by number sky, Looks so phoney" ~ Touch of Gray (Grateful Dead).

Those awesome pics just bring these lyrics to life. ;~D
on Dec 09, 2005