© Marcin Kocybik
Maharashtra, India
Latitude: 10° 16' 18'' N
Longitude: 76° 30' 32'' E
04 December 2015 1600 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards SW
Image P/S code: S.10.5
Image I.D.: 5988
The main feature of this picture, which was taken from an aircraft, is the tall Cumulonimbus capillatus incus that towers above the other tropospheric clouds. Cumulonimbus is a heavy and dense cloud of considerable vertical extent, in the form of a mountain or huge towers. The species capillatus is characterized by the upper portion having cirriform parts of clearly fibrous or striated structure. The supplementary feature incus denotes that the upper portion has spread out in the form of an anvil.
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