Mammatus Clouds Turn NYC Sky Orange After Thunderstorm (VIDEO)

New Yorkers this weekend snapped photos and shot video of the sky last weekend after rare clouds, resulting from moist air and dry air mixing after a thunderstorm, turned the sky orange.

The clouds, described as "strange, pink popcorn clouds," are called 'mamatis' clouds.

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Comments

[jctripp]

I was in the city and saw these clouds and I must say they were completely surreal. These clouds were nothing I have seen, not in Florida, Arizona, California or whatever. They looked to me like video images of clouds, they popped down and were 3-dimensional. I was actually creeped out by them, they seemed kind of evil looking. Along with the very odd weather the city has experienced I'd say it's quite ominous.

[AGarcia]

New Yorkers: Get over yourselves, you're not that cool - really.

[jctripp]

All 8.5 million of them? Wow, you are too cool dude.

[AGarcia]

Yeah, you're so right... where I live, the sunset doesn't make the news. I hang my head in shame!

[Frenbar]

What your actually seeing is the cloud of pollution rising from dirty jersey and wafting over the city.

[Carlos del Orbe]

It's technically Mammatus not Mamatis

[Pabalive]

Yeah...isn't this just a sunset...you know sun dropping into the horizon, yet light still hits the clouds causing really cool colors to occur....I used to live in Santa Fe, we had these every night. This is one of the saddest stories I have read.

[SantaFeConservative]

You got that right.

[jctripp]

A stupid analogy. As if we've never seen a desert sunset, duh.

[hoppybunny]

The video does not do the clouds justice. They WERE unique in shape, not color.

[jctripp]

Absolutely correct, they were the most bizarre thing I've seen in the sky. Totally surreal.

[futate01]

it's not pollution nor just a regular sunset you sad little Americans. You live in such a gilded cage, if you did not you would know that there is a whole world out there where people live and things happen without America's hand being involved.

there was a volcanic eruption in Russia that is making mayhem of the sky. You can read about it here;
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090701/sc_livescience/volcanoseruptioncreatescolorfulussunsets

[youwrackdisiprine]

Sorry, I can't hear you over how awesome America is.

[Alila]

A+

[nico89]

I love that you used an American run website/or­ganization to make your point.

[futate01]

I have to(to communicate with you) since you people don't know that there is whole world out there.

[txfriend]

Poor NYers... never seen clouds with a sunset.

[jctripp]

You've never been to New York then, loser.

[adsandiego]

I am a scientist with many years of experience and studies in this area.
This is a phenomenon known as ... a sunset.

[Aubear]

fascinating.... tell us more of this "sunset?" lmao

thats great.

[HisPetGoat]

I've heard of them. Aren't they quite rare? What is the underlying explanation? Is it the "Round Earth" theory?

[Aubear]

all the rage these days in rome yes, along with divine intervention and spontanious generation.

[jctripp]

No, this was a very unusual sunset. Wish you were there to see it.

[PCMinistry]

As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I
thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was,
and how I named him Flint.

[cranialknowledge]

Jack? Jack Handy? Is that you?

[PCMinistry]

Yeah, I should've gave him credit. The quote is by Jack Handy from the book Deep Thoughts. LOL, I thought it was apropos.

[miastella]

We get these colors over Pa. all the time right at dusk. It's beautiful!

[Bitsko]

This happens every few years. Really really weird.

[Trueheart]

Guess they don't get to see Big Sky very often. Is there such a thing as an urban hick?

[Mnemanth]

Can you say "pollution"?
Of course not.
"It's just so beautiful!"

[VoteOnPaper]

Bwahaha! Good call.

[-0013]

I suppose you have proof that it's pollution? The same thing happens in south florida all the time and it ain't because of pollution.

[noudidnt]

God's wrath