Mammatus Clouds
by Pablo Saavedra Garfias, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Mammatus Clouds showing off as the storm passes by over the region between Cologne and Bonn, Germany.
The picture was taken from the Meteorological Institute at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Taken on 23
July
2014
Submitted on 23 July 2014
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- Exact location (7.0707 E, 50.7312 N)
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Pablo Saavedra Garfias 7 years, 5 months ago
you don't see very often these stuffs here!
Konstantinos Kourtidis 7 years, 5 months ago
They are called mammatus clouds, not mammantus. Very nice photo, these clouds are quite rare and usually indicative of extreme weather and atmospheric shear.
Pablo Saavedra Garfias 7 years ago
Thanks for your comment Konstantinos Kourtidis, I fixed it already ;)