Developing Mammatus CloudsThursday Evening
Observed from the roof of the
Greenhouse at the Belvedere's
Alpine Gardens
These images reflect the sky east
of the Belvedere palaces,
the previous post's pictures
show the sky to the south,
taken only minutes later.
Gathering CloudsBelvedere Alpine Gardens
Photographed by Merisi
on the evening of
June 11, 2009
A special thank you
to "Wandring Star"
who pointed out to me
in the previous post
that I had photographed
developing mammatus clouds!
I had taken the pictures for the different textures
in the foreground and the dramatic sky background. ;-)
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Wow! a storm is really brewing there! Run for cover! Or dance in the rain!
ReplyDeleteLove your pictures...rain or shine!
Looks pretty much like here!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos.
I dont know a mammatus cloud from a pappatus cloud .. but these are lovely
ReplyDeleteimpressive...but I hope, sunshine will visit you this week end too!
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Wow, I've learned something! Mammatus isn't a term I was familiar with, though we see plenty of clouds like that --
ReplyDeleteWikipedia says:Mammatus (also known as mammatocumulus, meaning "bumpy clouds") is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name "mammatus" is derived from the Latin mamma (udder), due to the resemblance between the shape of these clouds and the udder of a cow.
Coool pictures.
ReplyDeleteMerisi, those pictures are of real academic interest, as well as photographic merit :-)
ReplyDeleteI think the third one down is particularly striking and would grace the illustrations of a meteorology text book.
Are you sure you didn't take these in K-land? Because that's what the sky has looked like here the entire week!
ReplyDeleteMerisi....Your pictures as always are lovely! I would welcome a stormy sky right now!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever heard of mammatus. but I recognize rain clouds when I see them.
ReplyDeleteYou captured so much emotion in the storm-brewing clouds. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend Merisi.
Spectacular! I can feel the wind on my face!!! ~Janine XO
ReplyDeleteI adore a lovely grey sky.
ReplyDeleteSomewhat scary! Did these clouds turn into stormy weather? When we see this stuff in Florida, we head for the hills...it means not only a lot of rain, but a lot of lightning!
ReplyDeleteWe so rarely get stormy weather where I live (So. California). I thoroughly enjoyed these photos.
ReplyDeletewhat amazing clouds...
ReplyDeleteLovely stormy skies in this, and the preceing post. I am glad you are posting in skywatch again.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous skies! I have learned this term for those clouds from other bloggers. I saw them once here recently. It is nice to see how they look in other parts of the world. Very beautiful in yours!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sky shots and I also love the flower shots in the next post.
ReplyDeleteMerisi: Beautiful captures of the storm building skies, thanks for sharing.
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