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May 12, 2011 01:22 pm PDT
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Roll cloud over Dorset, England
This magnificent acrus cloud, a rare "roll cloud," turned up over Weymuth and Portland in Dorset, England last weekend. Many residents were concerned that the cloud was a tornado. From Dorset Echo (photo by Peter Minster): Met office forecaster Michael Lawrence told the Echo: "It was a roll cloud. It's a relatively rare, low-level, horizontal, tube shaped cloud that's completely detached from the base of a thunder cloud. "It's most frequently observed on the leading edge of thunderstorms. The cloud rotates about its horizontal axis. They are not tornadoes. "Rare roll cloud makes its way over Portland and Weymouth" (via Fortean Times) Noctilucent clouds: more of 'em and brighter too! - Boing Boing The clouds of Michelangelo - Boing Boing Secrets of hole-punch clouds - Boing Boing Artwork and book about clouds - Boing Boing Clouds that look like UFOs - Boing Boing Tropospheric clouds that are half-rainbow - Boing Boing Crazy "lenticular mammatus" clouds over Joplin, MO - Boing Boing...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/SoAq0FbWgXA/roll-cloud-over-dors.html
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