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A1 Cumulus cloud. Scilly Isles UK

Position:
N49° 45'
W05° 15' approx.
Elevation:
sea level
Image format:
MF

CUMULUS CLOUD
Great lumpy CLOUDS like pillow-cases or cauliflower are called CUMULUS. They form as warm, moist air rises and cools. WATER VAPOR in the air CONDENSES into water droplets. A cloud has formed. It may grow and grow until it becomes a towering Thunder Cloud (CUMULO-NIMBUS).

Image Trail:
A6
Cumulo-Nimbus. Giant's Causeway. Antrim, UK
A10 Cumulo-Nimbus Cloud, Fort Meyers, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA

Links:
www.uen.org/utahlink/weather/link2.html#clouds
www.uen.org/utahlink/weather/clouds/cloud_id.html
http://geography.com.sg/weather/index.html
www.australiasevereweather.com/photography/
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