That is absolutely magnificent. Out of this world supercell thunderstorm photo from Montana Wed.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

That is absolutely magnificent. Out of this world supercell thunderstorm photo from Montana Wednesday.

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[wryter2000]

1. Holy cow!

[Ocelot II]

2. Wow!!

Looks like the mother ship... Terrifying, fantastic photo. Wouldn't want to go anywhere near that weather.

[captain queeg]

6. My first thought as well

[SergeStorms]

11. And then there's people like me....

who would head straight for it as fast as we could. No, we're not suicidal, or mentally deranged. We love learning as much as we can about these supercell storms, and are in awe of nature's majesty.

The closer you get to one of these storms the more insignificant and unimportant you feel. Every pretense that you're in control of your destiny vanishes, and you realize how susceptible you are to outside forces.

That's a magnificent storm.

[irisblue]

14. 🔼lives up to screen name🔼

From Texas in May

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[Jilly_in_VA]

21. Holy crap!

That one really blew up!

[wnylib]

18. Your enthusiasm reminds me

of an amateur photographer that I met in 1985 after a supercell storm that spawned tornadoes from northestern Ohio to northwestern PA, southwestern NY, into Ontario, Canada. She lived in a rural town in northwestern PA and was a stringer for the newspaper in Erie. She also ran the general store in town. I drove through the area a few days after the storms and met her when I stopped into the store.

She was at home on her family farm when the storm hit. Not knowing how bad the supercell was, she grabbed her camera and started filming when she saw the first funnel cloud appear. She was so fascinated with what she was seeing that she did not think about taking shelter as the funnel got closer. Her brother grabbed her arm and dragged her inside to their basement. When the tornado had passed, their basement was the only thing left of their home.

Her photo got picked up by one of the news services (UPI or AP - don't remember which) and was in several newspapers across the country.

[Texin]

16. That's exactly what I thought! Where's Spielberg?

[spike jones]

19. You know, the Mother Ship is not due for another couple of years. n/t

[elleng]

3. WOW!

[Starseer]

4. Gorgeous!

I love LP supercells -- they are incredibly photogenic!

[AllaN01Bear]

5. ohm myyyy.

[dweller]

7. Waiting for the UFO

material

✌🏻

[ZZenith]

8. As a card-carrying member of The Cloud Appreciation Society

I approve of this photograph.

https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

[MuseRider]

12. Oooh thanks for this site!

I live in Kansas and we have the most amazing clouds with such a big sky to see them in. I have thousands of pictures I have taken, I just cannot help myself. I will read through that site tonight, it looks like it is meant for me.

[ZZenith]

13. You are welcome!

One of the things I miss most about Colorado is the dramatic sky.

You should definitely join the society and contribute some photos - they will be appreciated!!

[Liberty Belle]

9. My daughter is in Billings. Where in Montana is this monster storm?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. South of Malta, which is way up there on the High Line. NT

[Larissa]

10. My favorite cloud

My favorite are the cotton puff cumulonimbus clouds "thunder heads." The Northeast was ripe with them yesterday afternoon. Up against a clear, blue sky the effects are magnificent. When I was a child in my parochial school, the nuns always awarded students who read out loud well with holy cards trimmed in gold leaf. Almost always the cards depicted a saint's ascension into the clouds of heaven, and those clouds resembled the magnificent cumulonimbus.

Thanks for jarring the memory.


http://mstecker.com/pages/cldthunderhead_jrf_0817pro2a.htm

[mac2766]

15. Spectacular! but...

I wouldn't want to be in it's path.

[FakeNoose]

17. Is this cloud about to become a tornado?

Asking for a friend.

[burrowowl]

20. Kick!

[electric_blue68]

23. Wow! I've never really seen this type - I'm more used to the gigantic thunderhead kind! .

You'd be surprised (maybe) if you're in the right places in NYC (even Manhattan), and you have a tendency to
look up how much amazing clouds you can see!

I have two different drawings of thunderhead clouds when I didn't have any film (pre-digital) in my camera but I could draw what I was seeing. They were amazing!!!