© Shirley Rebstock
Boaz, Missouri, United States of America
Latitude: 38° 16' 22'' N
Longitude: 92° 48' 45'' W
23 May 2011 1502 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards NW
Image P/S code: S.7.2
Image I.D.: 4744
CL = 5, CM = /, CH = /
The photograph shows a roll cloud. It is a long, low, tube-shaped cloud, only part of which can be seen in this image. It has slightly ragged edges. Technically, it is the genus Stratocumulus; as it is in the form of a roll and detached from any other cloud, it is typical of the species volutus.
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