Astronomy Picture of the Day - Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 11 Aug, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: Michael F Johnston

[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.

[dirtboy]

Usually those are on the backside of a thunderstorm moving away.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thats good! It looks like a real mess.

[null and void]

Boobies!

[Red Badger]

Very Freudian....................