A light shower drops from a Cumulus cloud as dusk encroaches. Clouds like this can develop further to become towering Cumulonimbus.

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A light shower drops from a Cumulus cloud as dusk encroaches. Clouds like this can develop further to become towering Cumulonimbus that can unleash damaging deluges and hail storms.

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Size: 5500px × 3667px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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