Mammatus Clouds Observed over Syracuse, Italy

Photographer: Giovanni Passalacqua
Summary Author: Giovanni Passalacqua

Featured above are mammatus clouds I observed from Syracuse, Sicily Italy during the evening of June 19, 2024. Occasionally reported during stormy weather as strong storm downdrafts force cooler air from aloft through the base of the cloud deck, these protruding clouds definitely get our attention when we see them. Fortunately, no damage occurred from this storm in the vicinity of my home. Note also the cloud iridescence.

Photo Details: EOS R camera; Canon 20 mm lens; 100 ISO; f 11; 1/125 seconds exposure. 

 

Syracuse, Sicily Italy Coordinates: 37.1024, 15.2930

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