Cumulonimbus Pileus Cloud
Pileus clouds are fine and transient layers of condensed water vapour that appear as thin caps atop of towering cumulus clouds. They form through the lifting of moist air layers by strong convective updrafts and often indicate the transition into a cumulonimbus cloud that is capable to produce severe weather.
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- Europe (3766)
- Western Europe (762)
- Germany (257)
- Exact location (9.8331 E, 53.2440 N)
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3530 × 2345 px;
image/jpeg; 2.3 MB
Taken in
May
2018
Submitted on 15 February 2019
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Bastian Kirsch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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