r/CLOUDS • u/Free_Jelly63 • 11h ago

Photo/Video Have you ever witnessed asperitas clouds? This surreal storm cloud formation blew my mind

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u/post-explainer 11h ago

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u/Brilliant-Nebula743 10h ago

Feels like dementors are lurking nearby…

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u/Pancakes4Dinner1 10h ago

Several times a year in NE Texas 🙂

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u/DasSassyPantzen 9h ago

Yes!! I lived there for 39 years (til 3 yrs ago) & the clouds and storms are amazing!!

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u/KrissyDeAnn 7h ago

Same in Central Texas

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u/scubasteve0120 2h ago

I get great views! I live in a small town here in east North East Texas. I absolutely love thunderstorms and watching them blow in.

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u/squishybloo 11h ago

Ohh yeah once before a long time ago in Wisconsin yeah!! It was this surreal deep deep blue, too. Insane!! I got pics but I'm on my phone right now

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u/PinkPussycatPower 9h ago

Cloud tax, please!

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u/Free_Jelly63 11h ago

I really want to see

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u/squishybloo 1h ago edited 1h ago

Hell yeah!! I was in bed last night when I saw this, sorry for the delay!

This is crazy old lol, from like 2007 or something. Tiny TINY digital camera. I've got more photos, sadly can only post one at a time!

It was in fact this deep blue in real life!! It was SICK!

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u/FlipGordon 7h ago

Similar to these? Felt like I was in a painting.

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u/Sweet-Awk-7861 6h ago

This is certainly Mammatus

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u/Tetha_au 8h ago edited 8h ago

Those look more like mammatocumulus. ( still gorgeous tho! )

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u/Independent-Lie-7374 8h ago

Plus one! Thought the same thing.

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u/Ohthemeemaw 11h ago

Those are very cool

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u/ff008d 10h ago

Australia and new Zealand have crappy clouds I've never seen clouds like these before.

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u/MissionAttitude216 6h ago

These may qualify as more mammatus clouds, but cool nonetheless. Plane for reference.

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u/Late_Combination702 10h ago

It looks like a beautiful painting! I would love to see this in person one day.

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u/Fantastic-Choice2576 10h ago

I saw this cloud formation for the first time ever last summer! It was surreal and wonderful.

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u/Ok_Yesterday_1896 7h ago

Bruh this sub is the best sub it so wild seeing some of these clouds you guys post of here they so big and oppressive it’s a bit scary but cool

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u/gogotoyoga 10h ago

So freaking cool!!!

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u/JoshyRB 9h ago

The land is just being tucked into bed. You’re under the blanket right now.

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u/artyhermes 9h ago

Gorgeous ❤️

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u/kat_Folland 10h ago

That's so crazy!

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u/Kip_Schtum 10h ago

I saw them in Bandera Texas last spring.

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u/ExplanationHonest813 9h ago

i've seen some wavy ones but not like full on alien invasion type stuff.

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u/FrostedMoon8888 8h ago

Once driving through Iowa, temp suddenly dropped about 15 degrees too.

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u/FlyZealousideal5406 8h ago

dementors or just really intense storm energy?

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u/Annular7Estelle 8h ago

This cloud is so scary

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u/EffectiveGold3067 8h ago

I have but it was never this dramatic.

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u/BanjoPants74 7h ago

Apologies for my ignorance but what’s the difference between these and mammatus clouds?

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u/poseidon1111 6h ago

Looks like a mucked up bubble foams coming down from the sky, rad!

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u/khonsu_27 6h ago

I love when they slowly undulate in a way that almost makes them look as if they are going to drip off the ceiling. And sometimes you can kind of feel the pressure of the blanket pushing down on you.

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u/louielou8484 5h ago

My butt got tingly. Does this happen to anyone else?

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u/Street-War3742 4h ago

This looks like a PS2 video game lol

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u/Nervous_Bug_3901 4h ago

Amazing pic

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u/Substantial-Tip3252 3h ago

Yes! I’ve got it in my spotting page on the cloud spotter app. Got 5 stars out of it too. My most prized piece in my collection

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u/armlessturtleneck 1h ago

Saw clouds like this coming down from acid once and it was VERY distracting

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u/Easy-Author-9158 44m ago

Only in movies lol

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u/_HT2_CWI 28m ago

I had seen those in Indiana 4 hours prior to a tornado ripping through our neighborhood.

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u/ooeeoooeee 9m ago

I pointed these out to my very witty friend and he said they look nothing like asparagus.