Tag: cumulonimbus

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  • A thunderstorm cloud high in the sky and in..

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    In the distance, transforming on convective currents. Very strong convection is shown building upwards and towards the point of view. Rain came shortly after the end of the clip. The pines and other tropical trees make the horizon on the very bottom of the frame. The storm towers many thousands of feet into the sky.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 13 frames.

  • An offshore thunderstorm is illuminated

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    … by lightning and stationary – content warning for epilepsy. The thunderstorm of the night in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida has no wind behind it to come onshore or make any other direction- this night storm has both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning, with strikes shown, the flashes outlining and silhouetting parts of the storm, including the anvil shape of the nimbus cloud.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 20 frames.

  • Distant thundercloud dims rapidly as the sun goes behind from

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    The thundercloud has become wispy and listless in its old age, but remains tall and huge. Another layer of mid-level cloud comes in as the sun is done for the day, and night comes to blue hour.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 7 frames.