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Today's Cloud-a-Day
Sunday 3rd July 2022
This huge cloud is just at the point of changing from a large Cumulus, known as Cumulus congestus, into a young Cumulonimbus storm cloud. The transition happens as the top of the cloud glaciates, which means all the droplets up at the top …
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July 2022
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Stratocumulus over the Caspian Sea
