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Anvil Head
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Location: Chula Vista, CA
Date: Dec 13, 2004
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50 sec.
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 8, 2005

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 A strange cloud east of my home in the San Diego area. If someone knows what this is called, I'd appreciate the information.

Thanks to some comments, I'm hoping the title is now correct?

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Minolta DiMAGE 7
 07/22/2005 10:55:01 PM
This is called a cumulonimbus cloud, the classic formation of a cell of cumulus clouds building higher and higher until severe winds aloft (30-40,000 feet) start spreading the top of the cloud into a fan shape. This is the condition in which severe weather is formed ie. thunderstorms, hail, high winds and tornados. Usually we don't see this much extreme broad top-front of the approaching cumulonimbus because of other clouds normally in the area surrounding it. This isolated single-cell is unique and unusual in that sense.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 07/18/2005 10:58:28 PM
Wow, awesome! Nice colours.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/08/2005 11:12:49 AM
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Wow! Reminds me of a mushroom cloud!!!

So did the neighbors. I'm not exaggerating when I say half the neighborhood was outside gaping at it.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 07/08/2005 08:32:58 AM
Wow! Reminds me of a mushroom cloud!!! Lovely cloud. Maybe reduce some of the black in the foreground a tad.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/08/2005 01:52:33 AM
Nice anvil head. You are looking at the front of the thunder storm.

Message edited by author 2005-07-08 01:59:33.
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