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A meteor leaves its signature over Payson, Arizona.
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Lacunosus, a relatively rare and short-lived cloud formation, takes on the look of a honeycomb pattern of round holes with frayed edges. It is formed when a layer of rising warm air and a layer of cold air come into contact with one another, causing downdrafts that push through the cloud. This classic example was spotted by Alexia's friend, Bob Hunter, near Lexington, Virginia, US.
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Partial clearing following a morning storm near Falls Church, Virginia, US
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A blanket of Altocumulus, along with a view of the Sun, spotted over Dernancourt, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Signs of larger shaped lacunosus spotted over Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted during sunset over Lombard, Illinois, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis, which is more often observed near mountainous regions, can have a distinct UFO-shape to it, as spotted here along with iridescence, by Alexia's friend, Ted, over Lexington, Virginia, US
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A colourful sky over Quincy, Washington, US
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Signs of supercilium development spotted over Buckley, Flintshire, North Wales
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Stratocumulus spotted over Esfahan, Iran
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Iridescence spotted over Podłęże, Poland
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This cloud looked like a falling angel when John spotted it over Lusk Village, County Dublin, Ireland
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Altostratus spotted thirty minutes prior to sunrise, over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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Colourful sunrise over Erm, Netherlands
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Crepuscular rays spotted over Taoyuan, Taiwan
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A colourful sunrise over Brighton, Colorado, US
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Thanks for your thoughts gentlemen. A few additional notes/ corrections; It has been downsized to a asteroid, estimated at 3 meters around with some of it still showing up on the radar down to 22 miles up before totally vanishing. I originally thought it was smoke trails from a rocket launch. Found out what it actually was when I got home from work. Apparently sonic booms and ground shaking occurred in Payson.
Marvellous capture, Mike, and thanks much indeed for sharing this very rare event with us.
Laurence
Comment from Mike….
A meteor exploded in the atmosphere over Payson Arizonaz around 4am on June 2 2016. Estimated size is 10 meter around, a small one. I was just getting out of bed at the time. I couldn’t tell you if I saw or heard anything. But, at 4:55am As I was going outside to get in the truck , for work, I saw the still quite visible smoke trails as the suns rays reflected off of them. This image is of what was visible over Phoenix before sunrise. Estimations had the meteor exploding around 57 miles up. So the trails, are about the same I would think. And like noctilucent clouds..meteor dust originated..Here I thought most recently and jealously with envy,,I’d never see noctilucent clouds due to being so far south. Maybe I was wrong. Any way, I have a few more shots if any folks are interested.