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Pyrocumulonimbus cloud facts for kids

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A pyrocumulonimbus cloud is a type of cumulonimbus cloud that forms above a source of heat, such as a wildfire or volcanic eruption.

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  • Pyrocumulonimbus Argentina 2018

    A satellite image of the formation of a cumulonimbus flammagenitus over Argentina in 2018.

  • Pyrocumulonimbus cloud over Hiroshima, near local noon. Aug 6 1945

    For decades, the plume in this "Hiroshima strike" photo was misidentified as the mushroom cloud (itself a type of cumulonimbus flammagenitus) from the atomic bomb blast on 6 August 1945. However, due to its much greater height, the cloud was identified in March 2016 as the cumulonimbus flammagenitus cloud produced above the city by the subsequent firestorm, which reached its peak intensity some three hours after the explosion.

  • Picture of a pyro-cumulonimbus taken from a commercial airliner

    Picture of a cumulonimbus flammagenitus cloud, taken from a commercial airliner cruising at about 10 km altitude.

  • 2020 Creek Fire pyrocumulonimbus cloud formation

    Animation of the formation of a pyrocumulonimbus above the 2020 Creek Fire in California

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cumulonimbus flammagenitus para niños

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