Fire in the Sky
by Karen Slagle
Title
Fire in the Sky
Artist
Karen Slagle
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I took this storm image last night from my backyard in the Texas panhandle. I used a Topaz filter to bring out all the beautiful details in this cloud.
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Cumulonimbus clouds are typically accompanied by lower altitude cumulus clouds, growing vertically instead of horizontally, contributing to the mushroom shape of the cumulonimbus. The cumulonimbus base may extend several miles across and occupy low to middle altitudes- formed at altitude from approximately 500 to 13,000 ft (200 to 4,000 m). Peaks typically reach to as much as 20,000 ft (6,000 m), with extreme instances as high as 75,000 ft (23,000 m). Well-developed cumulonimbus clouds are characterized by a flat, anvil-like top (anvil dome), caused by wind shear or inversion near the tropopause. The shelf of the anvil may precede the main cloud's vertical component for many miles, and be accompanied by lightning. Occasionally, rising air parcels surpass the equilibrium level (due to momentum) and form an overshooting top culminating at the maximum parcel level. When vertically developed, this largest of all clouds usually extends through all three cloud regions. Even the smallest cumulonimbus cloud dwarfs its neighbors in comparison.
Cumulonimbus calvus: cloud with puffy top, similar to cumulus congestus which it develops from; under the correct conditions in can become a cumulonimbus capillatus
Cumulonimbus capillatus - cloud with cirrus-like, fibrous-edged top
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September 3rd, 2014
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Gary Richards
Fire in the Sky was the name of an alien abduction movie supposedly based on a true story...I can see the alien ship approaching while hidden in this gorgeous sky capture. :)
Bunny Clarke
Every time I look at this, I see something else. This time, I see whales swimming in the painted clouds. Extraordinary work.
Karen Slagle replied:
Yes, I see them, never noticed before...thanks for calling my attention to this.
Bunny Clarke
I had to revisit this breathtaking capture. Did you notice all the sky whales swimming about under the clouds? Gorgeous work!
Karen Slagle replied:
Thanks Bunny...no, I did not notice the whales swimming but I see them now, glad you brought them to my attention...sometimes I just don't see.
Dawn Senior-Trask
On a windy, bitter Wyoming winter day, what a joy to revisit this warm and dramatic vision of summer glory! Love this outstanding work of art! fav
Bunny Clarke
I love the colors and shapes of the clouds. They looked as if they were painted with a brush. There is a little sky whale to the left of the clouds. Gorgeous capture.
Jerry Bokowski
Absolutely gorgeous clouds, Karen. I have a passion for amazing clouds and these are just awesome! Fave Like
Bunny Clarke
This is magnificent! Fabulous capture Karen. One of the things I miss about living in Colorado.
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