This place is WAY off my list of places to visit again

Lancer28 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

Well, pictures say more than words...

Zanshin · #2 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

The picture is a good one, but unless you took it yourself I wouldn't vouch for it's veracity. The thin wisps of cloud are too dark, so a bit of retouching was done; but mainly the bottom of Cb clouds don't get that low - the bottom is still flat (no virga) which means it is still sucking energy and that requires more vertical separation. Unless photoshopped, I would guess that the cloud is several miles behind the island and actually has a base at 2-3K feet.

Nevertheless, I've jsut replaced my boring Windows-Desert background with this picture!

Gary1 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

You mean Bimini isn't supposed to look like that all the time?

RickQuann · #4 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

That island must have an invisible force field!

teshannon · #5 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

Probably altered. There are people casually standing around the beach. Neat picture none the less.

jnsailing · #6 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

FX that used to take hours of skill in a dark-room are now done in seconds on a computer by 5 yo's.

John N.

Zanshin · #7 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

I've spent over half my life examining cumulus and CuNimbus clouds from all angles with great interest - I have done a lot of cross country gliding and racing and the difference between a flat bottomed cumulus with a slight convex versus concave base and trailing wisps on the upwind or downwind side can mean making that 1000Km attempt or landing in a field. So of course my interest is piqued by this picture. Part of the shape looks like a wall cloud pushed outwards from a thunderstorm and it partially looks like a mountain rotor cloud. Both are nice formations - when viewed from the ground and at a distance.

chucklesR · #8 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by teshannon

Probably altered. There are people casually standing around the beach. Neat picture none the less.

Perhaps they are running like hell for the boat to escape the storm?

Zanshin · #9 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008

If the picture were true, it would give some meaning to "seek the high ground", wouldn't it?

Valiente · #10 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008

I thought this thread was about visiting "Off-Topic".