I thought it was time to add a little intrigue. Below is my favorite picture from the the ever-growing stack of cloud photos (see right…). We’ll call it the unofficial 2019 photo contest winner. This one is of a rain shaft falling from a thunderstorm over New Jersey taken by Lea Tong. What I think is especially interesting is all the subtle structure in the rain shaft. What? Don’t see much structure that you think warrants any explanation? Ah, just wait for my next “forgotten cloud physics” paper to come out some time in 2020! It’ll “blow” your mind.
NJ Downpour © Lea Tong
