Mammatus Clouds
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Mammatus Clouds

by Pablo Saavedra Garfias, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Mammatus Clouds showing off as the storm passes by over the region between Cologne and Bonn, Germany.
The picture was taken from the Meteorological Institute at the University of Bonn, Germany.

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Pablo Saavedra Garfias 10 years, 4 months ago

you don't see very often these stuffs here!

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Konstantinos Kourtidis 10 years, 3 months ago

They are called mammatus clouds, not mammantus. Very nice photo, these clouds are quite rare and usually indicative of extreme weather and atmospheric shear.

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Pablo Saavedra Garfias 9 years, 10 months ago

Thanks for your comment Konstantinos Kourtidis, I fixed it already ;)