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| Cumulonimbus over UMass Amherst - August 6, 2026 Photo by Sharon Vardatira |
In all my cloudspotting, this is the first time I've been in a position to capture that classic cumulonimbus view, with the top of the cloud flattening into an anvil shape as it reaches the tropopause - the boundary separating the troposphere from the stratosphere. There’s something especially satisfying about seeing a formation you’ve encountered countless times in diagrams and other people's photos suddenly unfolding, unmistakably, in the sky above you. Also, of course, cumulonimbus clouds are massive storm clouds that produce lightning, wind, and hail. So I was expecially excited to see it for that reason
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