Tag: storm

June 4, 2013 at 11:37 am

Picture of the Day: Shelf Cloud Over Timisoara

SHELF CLOUD OVER TIMISOARA Photograph by ERVIN BOER In this amazing capture by Ervin Boer, we see an intimidating shelf cloud over Timisoara, Romania. The photo was posted to Timisoara’s official Facebook page (via my friend Mihai). A shelf cloud is a low, horizontal, wedge-shaped arcus cloud. They are attached to the…

January 15, 2013 at 10:34 am

15 Ominous Photos of Dust Storms

A haboob is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current. Haboobs occur regularly in arid regions throughout the world. They have been observed in the Sahara desert (typically Sudan, where they were named and described), as well as across the Arabian Peninsula, throughout Kuwait, and in the most arid…