So.... What Force rating do you think these things are?
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That is bizarre. I've never seen a cloud formation like that.
QUOTE (Erik Baird @ Dec 20 2011, 06:15 PM) 
Wind shear; the cloud is over an updraft that's sucking moisture up over the dew line, making a cloud form; over that are some high level winds that are whipping that cloud into that shape.
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QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Dec 23 2011, 07:31 PM)
What's that Wolf Cloud? Take Drugs? Kill Bear? OK!!! 
QUOTE (Daddy's Little Ninja @ Dec 23 2011, 01:51 PM)
Those remind me of sandstone formations. Very neat. A couple of them also remind me of the Guild navigator's sarcophagus in Dune.
QUOTE (bibliophile20 @ Dec 23 2011, 04:09 PM)
Wind shear; the cloud is over an updraft that's sucking moisture up over the dew line, making a cloud form; over that are some high level winds that are whipping that cloud into that shape.
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Yep, the same basic wind processes that makes water waves. It's just not something I'd ever seen in clouds.
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Dec 23 2011, 04:31 PM)
Cool!
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