Mammatus cloud boiling up prior to a massive thunderstorm just north of Constable Burton in the Yorkshire Dales, Leyburn, Bedale

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Mammatus cloud boiling up prior to a massive thunderstorm just north of Constable Burton in the Yorkshire Dales, Leyburn, Bedale. Mammatus formations are typically found on the underside of Cumulonimbus rainclouds, they are caused by cold air sinking within the cloud formation

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Size: 3648px × 5472px
Location: Between Bedale and Leyburn A684
Photo credit: © Nigel Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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