Mammatusย (also calledย mammaย orย mammatocumulus, meaning “mammary cloud”) is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath theย baseย of aย cloud, typically aย cumulonimbusย raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds. The nameย mammatusย is derived from the Latinย mamma (meaning “udder” or “breast”).
Udderly incredible meteorological formation filmed over Cรณrdoba, Argentina:
“Late Saturday afternoon the sky was covered with these unusual clouds that made us feel as if we were trapped in a vivarium, then came the strong storm with lightning, winds, and hail. We were lucky to have been there to capture this strange phenomenon, which may be a product of weather manipulation.”
images from wikipedia.org
