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Credit & Copyright: Alan Dyer
(The Amazing Sky)
Explanation:
What type of cloud is that?
This retreating
cumulonimbus cloud,
more commonly called a thundercloud, is somewhat unusual as it contains the
unusual bumpiness of a
mammatus cloud on the near
end, while simultaneously producing falling rain on the far end.
Taken in mid-June in southern
Alberta,
Canada,
the cloud is moving to the east, into the distance, as the sun sets in the west,
behind the camera.
In the
above
image,
graphic sunset colors cross the sky to give the already
photogenic cloud striking orange and pink hues.
A darkening blue sky
covers the background.
Further in the distance, a
rising,
waxing,
gibbous
moon
is visible on the far right.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 19 Á Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
- APOD: 2024 July 7 Á Iridescent Clouds over Sweden
- APOD: 2023 August 20 Á A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin
- APOD: 2023 February 12 Á Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska
- Nacreous Clouds over Lapland
- A Retreating Thunderstorm at Sunset
- A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia