It's Big--Even From This Distance!

The spread anvil of a distant severe thunderstorm cell looms huge, even from a distance of about 110 miles in this view looking south from Friendship Baptist Church at 700 Boyson Road NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The time was 7:57 PM, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 and the storm, located in Clark County, Missouri just across the Iowa border, would intensify further a few minutes later producing a hail core. The anvil, spiking to an altitude of around 50,000 feet, is reflecting the fading sunlight. The isolated storm was moving away toward the upper left portion of this image.