Chapter 6 - Cloud Development and Forms - Texas Tech University
Amazing cloud forms
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This cloud was caused by smoke from a bushfire rising up into a cloud, making an atomic-like mushroom cloud.
This is a supercell (a cloud that produces dangerous, severe thunderstoms) over Chaparral, New Mexico in 2004.
This cloud is over Mount Baker, in Washington State. The photographer hypothesize that the cloud is striking the front of the mountain.
This picture was taken over Linz, Austria.
This was taken over Racine, Wisconsin. This is called a roll cloud, and is a sign of an incoming thunderstorm.
Clouds like this and on the previous page are called lenticular clouds. They are often shaped like space ships.
This is a rare sight in nature – a fire rainbow. This only happens when cirrus clouds are hit by the sun at a perfect angle.
“Jellyfish” clouds are altocumulus clouds. They are named for the “tentacles” on the bottom of the cloud.
Mushroom clouds are not formed from water vapor. They are the result of an explosion, like an atomic explosion or a volcano eruption.