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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 11 Aug, 2021
| Image Credit & Copyright: Michael F Johnston
Posted on 08/11/2021 4:07:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: When do cloud bottoms appear like bubbles? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. This is because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a specific temperature, which usually corresponds to a very specific height. As water droplets grow, an opaque cloud forms. Under some conditions, however, cloud pockets can develop that contain large droplets of water or ice that fall into clear air as they evaporate. Such pockets may occur in turbulent air near a thunderstorm. Resulting mammatus clouds can appear especially dramatic if sunlit from the side. The mammatus clouds pictured here, lasting only a few minutes, were photographed over Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, just after a storm in 2012.
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:08:00 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:08:37 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
They call them “butt” clouds around here.
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:09:40 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I thought I was being praised when the judge said my warrants were outstanding. But no.)
To: BipolarBob
They call them “butt” clouds around here. Do they smell bad?
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:12:47 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: BipolarBob
They are boob clouds.
The root word is mammatus, for resemblance to breasts.
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:14:14 PM PDT
by
oldbill
To: MtnClimber
No. They just look like butts hanging down from the sky. I didn’t name them that.
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:14:22 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I thought I was being praised when the judge said my warrants were outstanding. But no.)
To: oldbill
Okay. I get that. I like it better than what these billhillies call them.
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:15:08 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I thought I was being praised when the judge said my warrants were outstanding. But no.)
To: MtnClimber
They look like long lines of testicles. Testicular Clouds.
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:17:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BipolarBob; MtnClimber
Mammotus here in Kansas Usually accompanied by thunderstorms and tornados and television weathermen.
I have never seen "String of Peals" mammotus like these however. Maybe riding the Jet Stream?
To: MtnClimber
They don’t look like tatas.
The look like long strings of gummy Krabby Patties...
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:22:08 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
To: oldbill
Regardless, that’s a lot of cleavage.
To: MtnClimber
It’s the Attack of the Michelin Men!
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:50:24 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Stand up, or bend over)
To: MtnClimber
They call them “butt” clouds around here. Do they smell bad?
And what happens in the presence of an open flame? :-)
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posted on
08/11/2021 4:51:38 PM PDT
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AFB-XYZ
(Stand up, or bend over)
To: MtnClimber
I know I’m picking nits here but the study of clouds is Nephology.
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posted on
08/11/2021 5:02:23 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: MtnClimber
A most titillating photo!
To: MtnClimber
Run-away....Run-away.
Gonna hit the fan quick.
What a pic, thanks for sharing.
Those bubbles represent a major downburst about to explode.
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posted on
08/11/2021 5:21:13 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(Trump is my President!)
To: MtnClimber
M.C. Do the Glenwood canyon mudslides affect you?
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
M.C. Do the Glenwood canyon mudslides affect you? No, that is not nearby.
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posted on
08/11/2021 5:43:13 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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