Wednesday 30 April 2008

Late Afternoon Thunderstorm














Clouds Gathering
over the saltwater pools
in the pastures and vineyards
of
Lake Neusiedl
Neusiedlersee
Seewinkel National Park
Burgenland

More of Merisi's Burgenland images:
Lunch in Vine Country: Lake Neusiedl
Hiking in Burgenland's Vineyards
Late Summer Afternoon in Rust on Lake Neusiedl
Of Summer's Abundance
Viennese Escapes: Eszterházy Palace in Fertőd (Hungary)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere


12 comments:

  1. May I offer the observation that the cloud formation in the top photo is quite an unusual type called mammatus. I have only seen it a couple of time before. It's name is obviously to do with 'milk' and derives from the structures looking like cow's mammary glands hanging down.

    Usually it immediately precedes a thunderstorm and caused by cold down drafts of air within the cumulo-nimbus cell.

    May I copy it?

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  2. I love a good thunderstorm with lots of rain. Unfortunately we're still having snow here in Minnesota!

    Eileen (passions to pastry)@
    www.livingtastefully.com

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  3. Gorgeous as always. I love budding thunderstorms. Some kind of energy in the air.

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  4. Merisi.......I love the fourth picture. You can almost smell the rain and the moist earth. ~Allie

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  5. I like thunderstorm photos! It's dramatic but amazing!

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  6. Wunderschön! Die Nummer 5 ist mein Favourite heute Abend :-)

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  7. Anonymous01 May, 2008

    I love all the photos. The first one is especially stunning.

    Paz

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  8. As always, wonderful. I especially love how you've captured the birds.

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  9. Beautiful sequence of patterns and silouettes.

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  10. Geez - Maalie sure knows his clouds!
    Personally, I think it looks like Persian fairy floss.
    I really like the third photo.
    All those rows and rows of sticks.
    I love a grape field (vineyard sounds too posh).

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  11. Wow, these are stunning photos

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