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Phil Plait

@BadAstronomer

Astronomer, author, skeptic, father, punster.

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I think it might rain. :) I call these "X-ray clouds". I think they're convective cells with thin borders so light leaks thru.

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1103 days ago

I think it might rain. :) I call these "X-ray clouds". I think they're convective cells with thin borders so light leaks thru.

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The_GreenWizard 1098 days ago

Looks like the clouds that sometimes precede a tornado in Oklahoma.

karinagw 1103 days ago

. He's too used to pictures from space where it doesn't matter. but, there is a button above the pic that will allow you to rotate it.

l_o_l_a 1103 days ago

Aren't they mammatus clouds??? They are very cool. Google it up.

bahdum 1103 days ago

See those sometimes here in Central Valley, California.

laserone 1103 days ago

ooooo, looks like florida clouds!

SouthernDesigns 1103 days ago

Very cool pic, but needs to be rotated. Easy to do with almost any image software (sometimes even the crap that came with your printer!)

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