A Reno Summer Sunset
by Donna Kennedy
Title
A Reno Summer Sunset
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy...
Photographed in Reno, Nevada
Anvil clouds, which are mostly composed of ice particles, form in the upper parts of thunderstorms. They get their anvil shape from the fact that the rising air in thunderstorms expands and spreads out as the air bumps up against the bottom of the stratosphere. This is because the air in the stratosphere is warmer than the rising air in the anvil, and so prevents the relatively cooler anvil air from rising any farther.
You will often see streaks of snow called "virga" falling out of the edges of anvils. This virga evaporates as it falls through the relatively dry air surrounding the upper part of the thunderstorm.
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September 3rd, 2019
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