This is a photo of mammatus clouds, taken in Weld County, Colorado.
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Photo courtesy of Gregory Thompson
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Photo courtesy of Gregory Thompson
Mammatus
Mammatus clouds are pouches of clouds that hang underneath the base of a cloud. Usually mammatus clouds form with cumulonimbus clouds.
Mammatus clouds can look like a field of tennis balls or melons.
Last modified November 30, 2007 by Becca Hatheway.