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Over Gulf Savannah coast of Northern Queensland, Australia

An example of a roll cloud*
*30
CLOUD COLLECTING POINTS

Full classification: roll cloud

Over Gulf Savannah coast of Northern Queensland, Australia
© Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Other examples of roll cloud:
Over Sandgate, Kent, UK

roll cloud

Over Collinsville, Oklahoma, US

roll cloud

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