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Apocalyptic Sky Over New York Tonight

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Jacob Dobkin

Published Jun 26, 2009

Modified Jun 27, 2009

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Jacob Dobkin

Published Jun 26, 2009

Modified Jun 27, 2009

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Whoa! Was Ghostbusters 3 filming tonight? Because those were some crazy clouds just after sunset. They appear to be a mammatus formation-- that's Latin for "bumpy clouds."

If you want to share your photos of mammatus clouds with us, tag them "gothamist" on Flickr or email them to tips(at)gothamist(dot)com. Update: Thanks for all your contributions—here's Saturday's Mammatus Clouds FOREVER gallery.

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Jake Dobkin co-founded Gothamist with Jen Chung. In 2019, Jake released Ask a Native New Yorker, a book based on his Gothamist advice column.

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