Explosion or Cloud??

[Fourwings]

I was out for a walk late this afternoon when my son drew my attention to something on the horizon.
He was convinced that something had exploded, infact it actually was a massive cloud of steam rising high into the clear cold air, this was from Radcliffe-on-Soar power station, over 30 miles away on the Nottinghamshire border.
An image is attached, quite a sight when you consider the distance involved.

[glsammy]

Hello Fourwings, I saw this today as well. I first saw it at Whisby, which is just 5 miles outside Lincoln! Never ceases to amaze me how far away it is, yet looks just a couple of miles away!

[Fourwings]

It must look awesome close-up.
I must admit I'd never really seen it this clearly before, must have been the aptmospheric conditions.

[John]

I have seen this effect quite a few times on my travels around Britain. I think the best one I saw was at the Drax Power Station which is not far from the M18 / M62 junction. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera to capture the moment.

Cracking photo of the Radcliff one though. Brings back memories of my Angling days when I used to fish on the Soar.

John

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

It must look awesome close-up.
I must admit I'd never really seen it this clearly before, must have been the aptmospheric conditions.

Did you seen it just before dusk? I was on the A46 coming home and it looked awesome, lite by the setting sun..almost 3D... Unfortunately I couldn't stop to take a picture.

[digi]

Perfect conditions today for this, no wind and stable atmosphere.

Digi

[nightshade]

We can produce quite a cloud and precipitation when we blow down the 3 factory boilers first thing in the morning!

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by glsammy

Did you seen it just before dusk? I was on the A46 coming home and it looked awesome, lite by the setting sun..almost 3D... Unfortunately I couldn't stop to take a picture.

The image was taken at 4:55pm, the setting sun really lit it up well.
I can't help but wonder just how high the top of the steam cloud was!

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

The image was taken at 4:55pm, the setting sun really lit it up well.
I can't help but wonder just how high the top of the steam cloud was!

I was driving back at about 5:15pm when I saw it. The height must have been huge, considering the distance it was visible from. Glad you at least managed a picture.

[Fourwings]

Thanks Sammy - I must admit I'm quite tempted to go out that way the next time the weather conditions are right, I'd really like to see and photograph it from a much closer range.
I think 30+ miles is what you call a long range shot

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

Thanks Sammy - I must admit I'm quite tempted to go out that way the next time the weather conditions are right, I'd really like to see and photograph it from a much closer range.
I think 30+ miles is what you call a long range shot

Yes, imaging what it would have looked like from Attenborough??(Only 5 miles or so away!) I nearly went there yesterday, considering the poor results I got from Whisby, I wish I had!