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GONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF MIKE CLOUD
About thirty seconds aftes preceding photograph. MIKE cloud has
almost reached the base of the stratosphere.
Condensation °"skirts‘''
around stem have continued to build downward as Increasing amounts
of molsture have been drawn into the torus ring circulation.
Mammato
cumulus is elearly apparent beneath the mushroom; cumulus clouds In
vicinity are building up and cloud decks in foreground have noticeably
dissipated,
.
Mushroom is about thirty-five miles In diameter.
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