Storms are perhaps the most incredible natural phenomenon. They’re able to create some of the most beautiful pictures yet can be devastating to both people and the environment. The following list of incredible cloud formations includes some of the most bizarre and dangerous scenes from all over the world. Clouds can take all kinds of forms, be it dangerous shelf clouds in North Carolina, halos in Moscow, tsunamis in Alabama, or a picture of Elvis in Spain.
5. Saskatchewan
5. Saskatchewan
These bubbly clouds, named mammatus clouds, are usually formed during temperature instability at the base of a thunderstorm, but it isn’t known exactly why it happens.
4. Florida
4. Florida
A wall of dark clouds raging and surrounding over St. Petersburg. This is partially the formation of rare shelf clouds.
3. Montana
3. Montana
A supercell that formed on top of Montana.
2. New York City
2. New York City
The end of the world looks like it’s forming over one of the nation’s biggest cities.
1. Australia
1. Australia
Non-threatening rolling clouds that are close to the ground. Also known as “morning glory,” this is a form that is actually common in Australia.
