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Thu May 18, 2006 12:39 pm

Nice Mammatus!

I don't think you can fake these:

http://hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html

They are cool and scary looking at the same time. Anybody remember what causes Mammatus clouds?
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Thu May 18, 2006 4:53 pm

Something like ice crystals falling inside rising air or something like that...

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Thu May 18, 2006 4:56 pm

From experience I can tell you if you get in close to these types of clouds you'll get in some of the roughest air your likely to experience. Especially if you find them preceeding a storm :roll:
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Thu May 18, 2006 6:59 pm

Actually, there's a really good description about how and why they form if you follow the link Zane provided, but Mark is pretty much right.

Some of my most favorite clouds.

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Thu May 18, 2006 8:33 pm

Looks like the march of the Stay Puff Marshmallow Men.

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Fri May 19, 2006 4:27 pm

Watched a special on the Discovery Channel on colon cancer.... that photo looks like the inside of someones rectum :roll:
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Sat May 20, 2006 5:22 pm

:D
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Sat May 20, 2006 8:37 pm

Self edit....picture a little to explicit. Sorry. [-X

But it is still in the album for those who dare http://www.backcountrypilot.org/gallery/displayimage.php?&pos=-1980
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Sat May 20, 2006 9:05 pm

Just when I thought the visual couldn't get worse, you had to add the peas and corn. My humor is pretty out there, I only play nice cuz I'm the moderator, so I'll leave it up to the rest of the collective as to whether they like to visualize the peas and corn in their mammatus. [-( I need to find a pukey smiley.
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Sat May 20, 2006 9:52 pm

Supercubber wrote:Watched a special on the Discovery Channel on colon cancer.... that photo looks like the inside of someones rectum :roll:


You watch too much TV.
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