On April 28, 2011 small thunderstorms moved through the Louisville metro in the late afternoon and early evening.  Behind the storms, the setting sun lit up mammatus clouds hanging from the underside of the storms, and also treated the region to brilliant and long lasting rainbows.

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Louisville rainbow

The end of the rainbow is in Louisville.

Louisville Mammatus

Mammatus over Jeffersonville.  Mike Callahan

Crawford County

Crawford County.  Wade Bell

Crawford County mammatus

Crawford County.  Wade Bell

Crawford County mammatus

Crawford County.  Wade Bell

 

The following spectacular photos were taken by Michael Montgomery in downtown Louisvile:

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