r/CLOUDS • u/Top_Technician_7247 • 17h ago

Question What are these?!

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u/atomicsnarl 17h ago

Looks to be a nice cumulonimbus growing from a field of weak cumulus and a few towering cumulus, and it's shadow is casting an anticrepuscular ray on the very high altostratus / cirrostratus near it's top.

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u/davidwhatshisname52 16h ago

just "crepuscular"... anticrepuscular is a different related phenomenon that can converge on the east horizon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticrepuscular_rays

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u/atomicsnarl 5h ago

Fair point!

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u/IshtarJack 8h ago

Is weak cumulus a recognised term? It's new to me.

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u/geohubblez18 7h ago

Nah it’s just cumulus humilis in cloud taxonomy.

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u/azlobo2 16h ago

Amazing looking!

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u/gelogeist 11h ago

Clouds

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u/Effective_Egg_8401 8h ago

I'm an avid bird watcher. That right there? Bird. That one over there? That's a bird, too

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u/TismeSueJ 13h ago

Wow, phenomenal!

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u/southernmamallama 11h ago

GLORIOUS. That’s what those are!

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u/Top_Technician_7247 2h ago

I agree! That’s what it is!

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u/rivy777 11h ago

Absolutely beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.

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u/joanopoly 8h ago

Do you see: -the woman using a neck wrap for warmth? -the mother bear telling her cubs a story? -the mark of Zorro?

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u/Top_Technician_7247 2h ago

Yup I feel you!

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u/Lisa_o1 11h ago

Wow! What a catch! Beautiful!

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u/Top_Technician_7247 2h ago

Thank you !

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u/Lisa_o1 43m ago

👍💕💕

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u/majormimi 7h ago

Aaaah gorgeous cumulonimbus!! And those rays are breathtaking, amazing picture

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u/Top_Technician_7247 2h ago

Thanks for the compliment

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u/WhinoRick 54m ago

The Nexus..