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The summer sky viewed from the flight deck over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
4 thoughts on “The summer sky viewed from the flight deck over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.”
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Undulatus with indications of altocumulus lenticularis spotted near Zermatt, Switzerland
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) spotted over Baltimore, Maryland, US
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Stratocumulus and altocumulus over Charlotte, Michigan, US
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Glory over Albano, United States
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Crepuscular rays and shadows at sunset near Charlo, Montana, US
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Crepuscular rays emanating like spotlights from the horizon during sunrise over Busquistar, Andalusia, Spain
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Altocumulus lenticularis duplicatus, which is also known via the French term, 'pile d'assiettes', for a 'stack of plates'. This classic example was spotted over Lake Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, US.
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Asperitas over Kester, United States
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Nacreous clouds are often lenticular wave clouds which are found downwind of mountain ranges that induce gravity waves in the stratosphere. These nacreous clouds were spotted by Gary's friend, Sierra Salin, in the early morning hours over Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, California, US.
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An ephemeral glimpse of supercilium, an unofficial classification for a short-lived cloud formation that resembles eyebrow-like features, spotted over the mountains on a cold and windy day in Montevergine, Mercogliano, Italy
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Stratocumulus with color from the sun, spotted over Jiangxi Province, China
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As Robyn was driving, she spotted a cloud face that also spotted her, over the Estrella Foothills, Arizona, US
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Mamma (Mammatus) over Neustadt in Sachsen, Germany
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Lunar corona over Cracow, Poland
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Altocumulus lenticularis, along with lenticularis that appear to be at the stratocumulus level in the background, spotted near Torres Del Pine, Patagonia, Chile
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Peter
This is a superb mono image and from the flight deck .
Thanks for sharing
Regards
John
A good shot of the clouds taken from an airplane. The black and White Image shows up the cloud shadows really well. All the tallest cumulus cloud anvils are pointing in the same direction. From Rebecca Hill
What a stunning shot from above!! I just checked the NASA’s APOD page 18 and saw the uncanny resemblance of the two photos. Ours is much better or course.
Joan
Hi Peter,
Marvellous shot, especially taken in monochrome which, I think, lends more grandeur to the scene you were lucky to have photographed. I was entranced by it.
Now, here is a test! Your photo immediately reminded me of the marvellous image taken very far away from our planet Earth by NASA’s “New Horizons” spacecraft of Pluto,
The image and shows Pluto’s clouds. It bears a remarkable similarity to your photo! Do, please, have a look.
Image released on NASA’s APOD page 18 September 2015.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150918.html
Laurence