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Thu May 18, 2006 9:08 pm

Amazing Wx Photos

Close Encounters or Aurora Borealis?
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"Aerial view of a supercell thunderstorm over Southern Maryland. This thunderstorm was producing twin tornadoes at the time of this photograph. Photo Credit: Steven Maciejewski"
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Let's throw in another freaky lookin mam for good measure:
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Thu May 18, 2006 9:29 pm

Wow!!

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This should be fun...
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Thu May 18, 2006 9:33 pm

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A tornado obliterating the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

A metaphor for my life, I tell ya!...Image
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Thu May 18, 2006 10:00 pm

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I like lennies.

That's actually a cap cloud over the volcano (Fuji?).
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Thu May 18, 2006 10:12 pm

Over Mt. Fuji: Interesting shot because you usually don't see them taken from the air.

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Thu May 18, 2006 10:18 pm

Soaring between the plates.
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Sun May 21, 2006 8:39 pm

I'm surprised. I thought there would be more interest in this thread.

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Tue May 23, 2006 7:54 am

Oh, I'm plenty interested, I just don't have any really cool weather pics to post.
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Tue May 23, 2006 9:47 am

The one above with the curl spilling over is incredible!
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Tue May 23, 2006 10:27 am

And if you were ever wondering how that dirt got into your taco, well...
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Fri May 26, 2006 1:32 pm

Your flying along at night and then bam right in front of you...
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Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:49 pm

Looked like there might be a little wave over Washoe valley this afternoon from the few lenticulars I saw. It reminded me of this thread.
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Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:55 pm

All these photos are incredible! But what the heck is a mam? That is sick.
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:41 am

Beautiful photo's capturing the wonders of nature ( not man made wonders but true wonders ) what is MAM ?
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:01 am

7853H wrote:Beautiful photo's capturing the wonders of nature ( not man made wonders but true wonders ) what is MAM ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud

Used to see them in Summer when I lived in West Texas, usually before evil Wx. Sometimes they would look just like cotton balls.
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:24 am

a64pilot wrote:
7853H wrote:Beautiful photo's capturing the wonders of nature ( not man made wonders but true wonders ) what is MAM ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus_cloud

Used to see them in Summer when I lived in West Texas, usually before evil Wx. Sometimes they would look just like cotton balls.


Texas can be the personification of EVIL weather. Although Arizona's lighting storms are War of the Worlds!
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:09 pm

Terryd23 wrote:All these photos are incredible! But what the heck is a mam?


Short for mammary. I kind of like watching the mams on a warm beach, but the weather variety is pretty cool. too.

tom :lol:
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Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:31 pm

Interesting sunset.

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Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:44 am

And then there's this one --

http://www.siletzbay.com/oddBits/badCloud.jpg

Conditions looked fairly benign, but I dunno...

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Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:41 pm

Benton wrote:And then there's this one --

http://www.siletzbay.com/oddBits/badCloud.jpg

Conditions looked fairly benign, but I dunno...

Benton 22dec08
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Sorry! Photoshopped!

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/4043/

Still pretty funny though! :lol:
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