<p>It <em>is</em> mammatus. The individual cells <em>are</em> hanging down, but it just isn't very obvious from your perspective. Nice photo. Usually one doesn't have much time to photograph mammatus because of its inherently unstable condition. </p>

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Gordon Stanger
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<p>I thought it may be mammatus, but the absence of the hanging down "udders" made me doubt. </p>

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What cloud formation is this?
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# What cloud formation is this?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-02)

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I thought it may be mammatus, but the absence of the hanging down "udders" made me doubt.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-09-26. Score: 3

It *is* mammatus. The individual cells *are* hanging down, but it just isn't very obvious from your perspective. Nice photo. Usually one doesn't have much time to photograph mammatus because of its inherently unstable condition.


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