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Cirrus vertebratus over the Sierra Nevada mountains in Northern California, US.
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Cirrus uncinus over Park City, Utah, US
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Feather floating over Ryazan, Russia
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View from atop Mt. Pisgah overlooking the Willamette Valley, Oregon, US
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Cirrus fibratus that also yielded a cirrus formation that looked like two "lightning bolts" high in the troposphere, above Coos Bay, Oregon, US.
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A mixed sky, from low to high, of Stratocumulus, Altocumulus and Cirrus spotted over Papamoa, New Zealand.
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Cirrus over San Luis Rey, United States
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Formation of cirrus fibratus, thanks in part, to the remnants of earlier contrails over Williston, Vermont, US.
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Cirrus over Alamos, Mexico
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A face in the clouds – is it Salvador Dalí? – spotted over Greenfield, California.
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Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds forming a sun dog spotted over Dreieich, Offenbach, Germany.
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The ice crystals in Cirrus, Cirrostratus and aircraft contrails over Singen, Germany formed the optical effect known as a parhelic circle. This is the horizontal bright band of light level with the Sun appearing in the cloud regions.
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A contrail crosses a sky of Cirrocumulus and Cirrus fibratus spotted by Cristina while training for an Ironman in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, US.
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A sunset over Aix en Provence, France.
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A sundog over the Uckermark, Germany.
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