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[–]rwbash 146 points147 points ago

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That isn't a storm cloud. It is the worlds largest flying jellyfish.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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It's a tentacruel!

[–]Phunk131 7 points8 points ago

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That's no cloud...

[–]diggro 7 points8 points ago

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[–]xbris 24 points25 points ago

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don't disrespect my deity.

[–]davepople 4 points5 points ago

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"Though shalt not take the spaghetti monsters name in vain"

[–]gadget_uk 3 points4 points ago

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Yahweh? No proof.

FSM? Right freaking there dude.

Ramen.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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How did the city get there? You can't explain that.

[–]KiefStar 0 points1 point ago

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That's actually a city cloud. It rains civilization.

[–]lordbal 0 points1 point ago

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Yahweh? Noweh!

[–]Pareeeee 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Spatulamarama 0 points1 point ago

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episode?

[–]wastelander 0 points1 point ago

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Encounter at Farpoint Star Trek TNG Episode #1. TURN IN YOUR NERD-BADGE!

[–]Spatulamarama 0 points1 point ago

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I new it looked familiar, i've seen that episode, i was just baked. :(

[–]wastelander 0 points1 point ago

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:-)

[–]GivenToFly 0 points1 point ago

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I have been saying that about Independence Day for years!

[–]absinthe-green 0 points1 point ago

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Having a love of all things jellyfish, I was so going to say that!

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[–]Judy-Lee 0 points1 point ago

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Don't flirt.

[–]yaharon -1 points0 points ago

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That's no moon. It's a Space Station.

[–]Ace1999 -2 points-1 points ago

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That's no space station. That's a SAILBOAT.

[–]KiefStar 0 points1 point ago

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You know what? There is no Easter Bunny!

[–]kapow_crash__bang -3 points-2 points ago

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That's no moon, IT'S A TRAP

FTFY

[–]beeUnit -2 points-1 points ago

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Bitch! I was coming here to write EXACTLY this!

[–]holmhansen 62 points63 points ago

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28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds

[–]cecilxx 34 points35 points ago

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Sometimes I doubt your commitment to "Sparkle Motion!"

[–]ticklefights 24 points25 points ago

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suck a fuck

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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How exactly does one suck a fuck?

[–]Ladderjack 2 points3 points ago

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suck a fuck

I can't even begin to guess how this is accomplished but I'm willing to wager I could get fired if you showed me how at work.

[–]icaaryal -4 points-3 points ago

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WHOOOOSH!

I gather you haven't seen Donnie Darko.

[–]BlueJoshi 5 points6 points ago

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"Hey Arnold! 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds until you die!"

[–]buttcrust 0 points1 point ago

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Gold medal!

[–]revmyk 2 points3 points ago

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that is when the world will end

[–]all2humanuk 5 points6 points ago

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Or that's how long it is since the last time this image was reposted. :P

[–]JamminInJoesGarage 2 points3 points ago

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... and I think that's a record

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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That's not when the world is supposed to end, is it?

[–]LordJesusChrist777 19 points20 points ago

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nope, don't worry. not yet.

[–]hansblitz 3 points4 points ago

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bravo jesus bravo

[–]sinsyder 1 point2 points ago

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December 21st(or 23rd), 2012 is the end. You have just under 2 years to live so you better build that shack out back like you said you would.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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I've lived through so many "end of the world" dates, I think I'm immortal.

[–]Jonathan_the_Nerd 1 point2 points ago

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May 21, 2011. I know it's true because crazy people told me so.

Edit: on second thought, it's more likely that the world will end on May 2.

[–]uncomplicate 1 point2 points ago

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The simplest response to any of these is to quote the bible itself:

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." (Mathew 24:35-36)

[–]Jonathan_the_Nerd 1 point2 points ago

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They actually have a response to that on their Web site. It involves a bunch of handwaving and explanations that don't directly answer the question. I would have read more, but I didn't want to catch their particular style of crazy. (I'm already crazy myself, but in a different magnitude and direction.)

[–]argv_minus_one 0 points1 point ago

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the world's productivity will end on May 2.

FTFY

[–]Jonathan_the_Nerd 2 points3 points ago

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No, the release date is May 3. That's why the world will end on May 2. If Duke Nukem Forever were actually released, it would cause the entire multiverse to divide by zero and cease to exist. In order to prevent that from happening, the Vogons will demolish the Earth on May 2.

[–]argv_minus_one 1 point2 points ago

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Damn it to hell. I was looking forward to playing that game.

[–]nomdeanon 0 points1 point ago

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The world will end equally and instantly everywhere at this time?

[–]spaceflunky 37 points38 points ago

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everytime i see one of those I'm like: god must really hate that one specific area

[–]Meekois 26 points27 points ago

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My rain god disagrees with you.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Also, us weather nerds who like wet microbursts.

[–]desrosiers 27 points28 points ago

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wet microbursts

Teehee

[–]youremyjuliet 0 points1 point ago

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Oh shit. They're real.

[–]McVader 1 point2 points ago

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I think that's just rain. It it were a [wet] microburst you'd see (even faintly) some sort of surface outflow pattern.

[–]foo_fighter 2 points3 points ago

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Long live Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain!

[–]TheBlasto 13 points14 points ago

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...or he loves those few farmers. There's no such thing as bad weather. Just the wrong clothes.

[–]euneirophrenia 10 points11 points ago

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And as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky after him for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him and to water him.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I know that's Douglas Adams, but I can't remember which book. I'd google it, but I'm lazy.

[–]majorbigtime 4 points5 points ago

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[–]HarryCrumb 0 points1 point ago

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That's what it looks like flying in Manchester (UK).

[–]LordJesusChrist777 -1 points0 points ago

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you're not wrong. that area sucks in the eyes of my daddy

[–]socks 2 points3 points ago

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thank you Jesus

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[–]linuxlass 0 points1 point ago

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To be pedantic (not sure if you're trying to be humorous): 30% chance of rain means that 30% of the days that had similar conditions also had rain.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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The whole town is cursed!

[–]ihmc 25 points26 points ago

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Nah, there's ONE guy under that dark cloud and he's REALLY depressed.

[–]squidmd 9 points10 points ago

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The lorry driver from So Long and Thanks for all the Fish?

[–]jerkro 1 point2 points ago

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Bad-luck Shleprock?

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Do you know where this was taken?

[–]colloquy 61 points62 points ago

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Probably from the inside of an airplane.

[–]davepople 10 points11 points ago

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Police Officer: "Where do you live little Girl?"

Little Girl: "In My House"

Police Officer" "Where is your house little girl"

Little Girl "In my street"

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[–]davepople 1 point2 points ago

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cdigioia, we're worried about you... really worried

[–]vanostran 1 point2 points ago

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Possibly on a rocket-ship.

[–]boiker 15 points16 points ago

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Most likely in a dry-air environment. The US inter-mountain west during the summer monsoon is one of those areas. With dew points in the 50s and strong orographic lift, isolated thunderstorms, like this one, pop up. The precipitation area is incredibly well defined. Rainfall rates upwards of an inch per hour can be had in the small precipitation area while the areas just outside of it receive nothing.

Edit: The photo reminds me of Arizona, where this is extremely typical.

[–]shawnaroo 2 points3 points ago

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I'm in New Orleans, which is pretty far from a dry-air environment, but we definitely get crazy heavy storms on a regular basis. On a couple occasions I've seen what'd I call the "front edge" of the storm moving down the street towards me. When it gets to you it goes from barely drizzling to drenching rain in a split second. Very cool.

[–]rckid13 0 points1 point ago

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Shelf Cloud?

We saw this storm coming from a half hour away. It never even really drizzled. All of the sudden it went from dry and calm to pouring rain and 50+ mph wind once it got over us.

[–]linuxlass 0 points1 point ago

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Wow, that's scary-looking!

[–]reddit_give_me_virus 4 points5 points ago

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over forever alone's house

[–]fortinwithwill -3 points-2 points ago

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ha ha. good one.

[–]rckid13 1 point2 points ago

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I'm almost positive that's Phoenix. boiker's comment explains why it's probably Arizona. Also you can see the big man made canal running down the center of the picture. Phoenix gets a lot of its drinking water from the Central Arizona Project Canal

[–]zfclown 5 points6 points ago

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The softer, gentler side to mushroom clouds.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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this storm cloud is pretty cool, guy. eh rains on one town and doesn't afraid of wind sheer.

[–]zac503 2 points3 points ago

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Ctrl + F "Doesn't afraid"

4 internets to you.

[–]boringkorean 8 points9 points ago

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is that?.. rain???

[–]SteveOtts 14 points15 points ago

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That would be rain, yes

[–]TimmyFTW 0 points1 point ago

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What did you think it was?!

[–]boringkorean 0 points1 point ago

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I needed to double check! my mind was blown at the time haha

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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This reminds me of the ending of Return of the Living Dead

[–]mellowmonk 2 points3 points ago

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None of the whippersnappers here got that reference.

[–]All_Your_Base 2 points3 points ago

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"Welcome wagon is transmitting"

[–]SweetKri 2 points3 points ago

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Is there a scowling cartoon character below? I didn't think that localized rainshower action happened outside of the funny pages.

[–]strike2867 2 points3 points ago

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I can almost make out Al Bundy on vacation right under it.

[–]chakalakasp 1 point2 points ago

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This is actually just a small low-topped rain shower; it does look pretty cool. I often wonder how incredible storm photography might be if we could safely get airplanes near supercells.

[–]nomdeanon -1 points0 points ago

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There are some planes that fly through hurricanes/tropical storms. Try the C-130 hurricane hunter http://www.hurricanehunters.com/plane.html

[–]chakalakasp 1 point2 points ago

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That's true, but there aren't really any planes that intentionally fly into supercells, which are quite a bit more dangerous to fly through and around than a hurricane (believe it or not).

[–]nomdeanon 0 points1 point ago

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It makes sense to me, supercells have locally strong vertical shear, lots of supercooled cloud liquid water, and sometimes up to baseball sized-hail. So yeah, I can see why. However, there's no reason why you couldn't fly near one, as long as you're on the good side of the storm.

[–]dabears1020 1 point2 points ago

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Totally different kind of storms. Hurricanes aren't as convective as supercell thunderstorms are. Supercell thunderstorms can be filled with grapefruit sized hail that will flame out engines in seconds, updrafts and windshear that can rip a plane to shreds, extreme icing conditions, and tons of lightning.

Hurricanes on the other hand are super windy, but not violent in a way that's extremely dangerous to an aircraft flying high in it.

edit - Oops, I see you just said this exact same thing in response to chakalakasp!

[–]Commancer 1 point2 points ago

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Water goes up, water comes down.

[–]IsyIsCool 2 points3 points ago

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You can't explain that!

[–]IDriveAVan 1 point2 points ago

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Cool stormy, bro.

[–]siege_tank 1 point2 points ago

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Overlord spreading creep?

[–]Teehoi 0 points1 point ago

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Am I the only one who was too distracted by the smooth edges on the frame to notice anything else? edit* I looked, and wow.

[–]GivenToFly 0 points1 point ago

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The engine and the cloud actually frame the picture quite well, nice work.

[–]Tarbogman 0 points1 point ago

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That little bastard of a cloud follows me everywhere >.< you must have been flying over me! nice shot btw :P

[–]Neato 0 points1 point ago

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Nature: "Seriously, fuck that town."

[–]trompao 0 points1 point ago

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The Pink Panther must be down there

[–]fractaloflife 0 points1 point ago

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I want to eat that cloud and hallucinate

[–]joroqez312 0 points1 point ago

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It's a rain hat.

[–]eatfesh 0 points1 point ago

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rain dump in progress

[–]eternalkerri 0 points1 point ago

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Someone pissed off God.

[–]krugnasty 0 points1 point ago

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It reminds me of in cartoons when somebody was having a bad day and there would be a little storm cloud over their heads.

[–]Watawkichaw 0 points1 point ago

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"...And for a moment, the little town felt important."

[–]thomasexciting 0 points1 point ago

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I'm just a little black raincloud hovering over the honey tree.

[–]MrSoloDolo21 0 points1 point ago

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woah

[–]speeddemon974 0 points1 point ago

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had this song playing when I opened the picture and it was epic.

[–]mellowmonk 0 points1 point ago

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God Smites Town for Mixing Cotton with Wool

[–]lumpy1981 0 points1 point ago

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The town of Eore.

[–]lumpy1981 0 points1 point ago

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The town of Eore.

[–]zak_on_reddit 0 points1 point ago

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i would love to have seen that in person. that's awesome.

[–]cinemafest 0 points1 point ago

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Gomorrah still gettin wrecked on? Damn.

[–]brosephG 0 points1 point ago

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I just had a great idea for a command and conquer game.

[–]FactoryGirl 0 points1 point ago

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It's cool seeing it from a different perspective.

[–]Ace1999 0 points1 point ago

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CTHULU LIVES!!!

[–]PlNG 0 points1 point ago

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Amarisk, Lalonde.

[–]srry72 0 points1 point ago

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Flying turtles scare me

[–]Swiss_Cheese9797 0 points1 point ago

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[–]hwkns 0 points1 point ago

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you are absolutely right.

[–]xiann 0 points1 point ago

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This is why window seats are the best :)

[–]gthing 0 points1 point ago

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Have you ever seen a portal?

[–]Motherfraker 0 points1 point ago

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DAE see it sucking the life force out of that little town?

[–]bronchial 0 points1 point ago

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It's a cloud with a rain shaft... sigh

[–]lookitskelvin 0 points1 point ago

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OVERLORDS!

[–]dismal626 0 points1 point ago

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That storm cloud is pretty cool.

[–]30thCenturyMan 0 points1 point ago

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Oh no! They've figured out how to control the weather!

[–]ReasonableMan_ 0 points1 point ago

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Is it weird that ActRaiser is the first thing that pops into my mind?

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point ago

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[–]chestar 0 points1 point ago

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where was this taken?

[–]misplaced_my_pants 0 points1 point ago

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Troll cloud?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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if you are in a desert or highly arid climate, its amazing seeing something like that yet there's no rain... it all evaporates.. creating an even stronger updraft and temperature changes that grows the storm cell larger... all without rain.

[–]BOC9000 0 points1 point ago

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That's what it looked like over Sodom and Gomorrah, except with fire and brimstone and death.

[–]dikky 0 points1 point ago

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thats the cloud that finds its way to me every time i take my boat out

[–]topherclay 0 points1 point ago

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Check out the pannus on that nimbocumulus! Bow chicka wow wow.

[–]gormanator 0 points1 point ago

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pretty offbeat storm cloud

[–]Dr_Schrodinger 0 points1 point ago

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Dr_Schrodinger uses Tempest...

[–]leafeator 0 points1 point ago

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I thought it was going to look like a penis. =x

[–]earthgirl48 0 points1 point ago

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rain

[–]aviator2 0 points1 point ago

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*Pretty typical cumulus cloud

[–]tcostart -1 points0 points ago

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Pretty cool, but not when reposted for the 1000th time.

[–]KineticShampoo 0 points1 point ago

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If I'm not wrong that's a cunnilingus cloud. Maybe a nimbus?

[–]phinnaeus7308 0 points1 point ago

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I do not think that is the type of cloud you think it is.

[–]norsurfit 0 points1 point ago

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[–]joeshmoe2 0 points1 point ago

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FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Sir, please turn off your electronic device right now

[–]Mattieohya -1 points0 points ago

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I'm going to say it is a united 320.

[–]tejmin -2 points-1 points ago

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[–]HarryBlessKnapp -2 points-1 points ago

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i've got shitloads of these images from the amazon. easy karma.