Mammatus Clouds

[rich]

more pics:

http://lolanewyork.com/articles/look-at-the-sky---june-26-2009

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On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Kevin Dunn<kevindunn27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Curse my job that kept me indoors until 9:15! Though I swear I caught some
> "orange-y" light on the 26th during sunset too, albeit out my apartment
> window. Gawkers on the street would have been a sight to see. Looks like the
> heavens approve of the Pride weekend here in the city.
>
> K
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 27, 2009, at 7:33 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> around 8:30pm last night in NYC there was an awesome cloud formation
>> and orange light spread across the sky
>>
>> it was so impressive many folks on the street were just standing there
>> looking up with their mouths open
>>
>> like a Transit of Venus kinda moment
>> the clouds were of the type here--all the lights of the buildings on
>> the NY skyline were changed into turquoise, all the borders of things,
>> buildings, airplanes, trees, etc was so sharp and well-defined in that
>> orangey light
>> the sky looked as if it was 50 ft from the ground
>>
>> we were celebrating a friend's Quaker wedding y'day--who knows maybe
>> Jeremiah Dixon was giving me a wink or something
>>
>> http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/oth/mm.rxml
>>
>> third pic from top was what it sorta looked like but so way more
>> impressive
>>
>> rich
>