thunderhead

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Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

A thunderhead towers above the rising sun, and the picture turns out beautifully.

From Slate • May 11, 2015

Early that morning, a towering thunderhead had rumbled in from the east, stripping branches from the cottonwoods and flooding the streets of Oklahoma City.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014

I am often in awe of clouds, as was the case when I shot this video of a remarkable thunderhead somewhere over the Midwest.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2011

Mount Elgon brooded over the town and the trees, rising to an undefined height, its profile buried in an anvil thunderhead, bathed in golden light.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston