June 27, 2009
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mammatus
hopefully, you were lucky enough to catch the strange skies over the tri-state area last night. after heavy downpours, the sky erupted into a flaming sea of colors which cast an unnatural glow over the ground. my mama and i were celebrating her birthday! we looked out at the sky, and noticed all the different colors - not unlike a tableau of impressionist paintings. we were thinking that monet would have gone mad over skies like this, painting several canvases at a time because every time we looked, the sky looked different. i didn't get a picture, but my mom also noticed that the clouds were different shapes. apparently, these were mammatus clouds - specially-shaped clouds that form after heavy rains. in true technocratic fashion, people have already uploaded dozens of images on flickr...worth a look, especially if you missed out last night.
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