Mammatus clouds and airplane - Arlington, Texas
Mammatus clouds and airplane - Arlington, Texas

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Caption   A jet aircraft appears as a tiny silhouette against mammatus clouds near Arlington, Texas. This is a view looking straight up at the mammatus lining the underside of a severe thunderstorm's anvil. The storm's core is located a few miles to the west. Despite the menacing appearance, this aircraft was probably in no danger, as many thousands of vertical feet likely separated the plane from the mammatus. The photographer watched several planes fly along this path.
Photo Id   w7838-a50d-ab25e
Date and Time   May 26, 2009   7:12 PM
Location   Arlington, Texas
latitude 32° 44' 19.6" N       longitude 97° 6' 36.8" W
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Keywords   mammatus, cloud, storm, thunderstorm, weather, severe, anvil, airplane, plane, aircraft, jet, Arlington, Texas, Dallas, Fort Worth, DFW, airport, maelstrom, silhouette, danger, dangerous, dramatic, ominous, menacing, threatening, risk, peril, hazard
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