I was googling cloud formations last night (don’t ask) and came across this awesome photography on matador. There are some amazing images on here and I wanted to share them. There are more details and many many more pictures on the actual post. Check it out!
1. Lenticular cloud, Mt. Fuji, Japan
Source unknown
2. Mammatus clouds, Ft. Worth, TX
Photo: Lars Plougmann
3. Asperatus formation, Canterbury, New Zealand
Photo: wittap
4. Roll cloud hang glider, Queensland, Australia
Photo: Mark Watson
5. Mammatus over Quebec
Photo: Michel Filion
6. Shelf cloud, North Dakota
7. Nacreous clouds, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Photo: Alan R. Light
8. Lenticulars, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Photo: Tim Thompson
9. Cumulonimbus, Nelson, BC
Photo: Robert Neufeld
10. Lenticular UFO, Patagonia
Source unknown
11. Shelf cloud, Cape Cod, MA
Photo: Anthony Quintano
12. Altocumulus from the ISS
Photo: Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and the Russian Space Agency Press Services
13. Mammatus, Manhattan
Photo: Skellig2008
14. Noctilucent clouds over the Tibetan Plateau
Photo: NASA Goddard Photo and Video
15. Morning glories, Queensland, Australia
Photo: Mick Petroff
16. Lenticular funnel, Palm Springs, CA
Photo: °Florian
17. Fog bow, Sydney, Australia
Photo: Nina Matthews Photography
18. Shelf cloud, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Photo: Bidgee
19. Waterspout, Balearic Islands, Spain
A waterspout is basically a tornado that’s not associated with a supercell and occurs over water. Coincidentally, the Balearics are also where you can find some of the clearest water in the world.
Photo: Vvillamon
20. Mammatus storm, Norman, OK
Photo: Angelyn Hobson
