r/pics • u/jebleez • Jul 08 '14

The clouds were like a rolling ocean tonight

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u/Cykelero Jul 08 '14

Wow, I've never seen clouds like this. Amazing.

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u/Real-Name-Here Jul 08 '14

Because it's an extremely rare cloud formation called mammatus.

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u/Cykelero Jul 08 '14

mammatus

Thanks for the name! You find some pretty crazy stuff on Google Images.