Mammatus (also known as mamma or mammatocumulus, meaning "breast-cloud") is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name "mammatus" is derived from the Latin mamma, or breast, due to some persons believing that the clouds bear a significant resemblance to human female breasts.
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Mammatus may appear as smooth, ragged or lumpy lobes and may be opaque or semitransparent. Because mammatus occur as a grouping of lobes, the way they clump together can vary from an isolated cluster to a field of mamma that spread over hundreds of kilometers to being organized along a line, and may be composed of unequal- or similarly-sized lobes.
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Nice set.
youlookmahvelous · 2007-07-25: 20:53
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Great subject! Thanks for the tips! A wonderful post! Gorgeous!
davidcardona · 2007-07-25: 21:06
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Interesting comments about the clouds. Savage storms are amazing to watch. Nice photography catching the feel of the clouds. Hope you are okay!
Warren · 2007-07-25: 21:56
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ong loved this ... and especially ending with the rainbow... saving that one..thanks for the info ,..weather is fascinating!!!great shots!!
Lindyart · 2007-07-25: 23:04
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Beautifully woven series and amaing images, congratulations and thanks for the lesson!
rgamo · 2007-07-26: 00:03
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Such a fab set...love thw words too, really interesting.
deleted090307 · 2007-07-26: 01:23
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very special sky, in the first photo. they look like sculptures. beautiful "storming" set
storytaylor · 2007-07-26: 04:30
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love the storm series and of course the happy ending (the rainbow)
jonrake · 2007-07-26: 13:37
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#1 and the last one are so beautiful. it's a very good feeling just to look at these pictures.
burbulz · 2007-07-26: 14:14
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thanks for comment so much time, I'm back aahaha So Nice Shots see ya LOVED THIS POST
robertof · 2007-07-26: 16:09
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Great shots!
felipeadiers · 2007-07-26: 16:52
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at least, you didn't scratch the camera ! ... ;o) and everything ended well, in a rainbow thanks for sharing
aimeric · 2007-07-26: 18:48
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as a great fan of MAMAS this was a surprising entry :))
Cabecilha · 2007-07-27: 07:56
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Cabecilha LOL of course you a male so its cool ;))
Lumierenatural · 2007-07-27: 09:47
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aimeric and Warren, yes am ok the camera was a close call had it dangling off my wrist
Lumierenatural · 2007-07-27: 09:50
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WOW you are right what a storm.. Glad everything turned out ok!! great post!!
SheriJ · 2007-07-27: 13:21
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so very beautiful! I am jealous!
magpy · 2007-07-27: 16:21
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Beautiful set. On the first one, it looks like the sky mooves.
Mabi938 · 2007-07-27: 18:17
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Very nice shots !!!
nadoune · 2007-07-28: 19:29
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I love number 2!
MelanieT · 2007-07-30: 10:40
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Love the shot of the bridge to darkness.
SuperG · 2007-08-01: 22:10
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i get to learn pictures (life?) become ever so more beautiful when there is mixture of rain, sun and big!! clouds. we stay at home and leave our cameras when there are grey skies
alexatsea · 2007-08-21: 17:12
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