Unusual sunset tonight

[KmH]

We have had several severe thunderstorms blow through today.

We had an unusual sunset tonight with a very orange colored sky and odd cloud formations.
Looking northwest towards where the Sun was setting.

A couple of minutes later, looking due east :

In ACR, Cloudy white balance, sharpened (50,1,0), clarity 50. I added a black border in CS5. Nothing else.

 

[myfotoguy]

Very intersting clouds. That color is intense, reminds me of tornado weather.

 

[Dominantly]

Awesome.

I have only seen a couple sunsets like that in my time, and they always create a surreal feel while they last.

 

[JAFO28]

They look like mammatus to me,very cool.

 

[KmH]

They look like mammatus to me,very cool.

Thanks for the name!

I looked up Mammatus clouds - Mammatus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mwcfarms]

Nifty and I learned a new word and once I looked at Keiths wiki link the name even makes sense.

 

[Curt-Kurt]

Very cool. Looks like the skys really on fire

 

[Derrel]

Way-cool man, totally way-cool! I love it when the light gets all freaky and weirdly-colored during the late spring and summer months as sunset approaches...it's cool!

 

[Moodyville-ain]

Totally cool.