The inspiration for this post came from Shazza's amazing storm clouds. We were driving back from a family reunion in August and I spotted these cloud formations. I am such a weather geek that I ordered Doug to pull off the exit so that I could snap more photos. I recalled seeing these beauties way back in a Meteorology 101 textbook. Yes, they were named mammatus because they were thought to resemble mammary glands, as in a cow's udder. (I personally think my mammaries are cuter than the average cow udder, even with the devastating effects of age and gravity). The mammatus are an indication of severe weather. We certainly went through it about 30 minutes down the highway. Click on the photos for a large view.
9 comments:
Cool, Neetzy! Classic mammatus! I see a fair few of those when I'm stuck on the train for hours every day but I've never had my camera handy, Well spotted!
wow, gorgeous clouds. You should paint those.
your art works are wonderful Neetzy...
would you like me to add your blog to the Top Artists' Directory
Dive,
I very rarely see mammatus clouds in my neck of the woods. We were coming down from the mountains in the northern part of Pennsylvania. I am in the lowlands where for some reason we rarely see them. I think we tend to be "under" them.
Barbara,
I would like to incorporate these into a painting sometime! Probably one of my phantasmagorical hybrids! I hope I can do them justice.
Kim,
Thank you and I would love you to add my blog to the Top Artists' Directory!
Thanks for the mammaries!
Very beautiful clouds Neetsy!
Shazza,
Great play on words.
Her Eye Zone,
They are amazing mammaries. My kids call them "boob" clouds.
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