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A view from the Black Forest, overlooking the valley of the river Rhine. The Vosges mountains in France can be seen in the distance.
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A variety of cirrus spotted over Marinatown Seaside Park, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Stratocumulus over Iligan City, Philippines
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A turbulent storm system spotted by Frano Mika near Rijeka, Croatia
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An expansive display of altocumulus over Santa Rosa, California, US
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Noctilucent clouds appear well beyond the altitude of the altocumulus clouds along the horizon, as seen over Hull, East Yorkshire, England
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A view at sunset, following the passage of a storm near Curtin, Canberra, Australia
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A classic example of pileus spotted over Curitiba, Brazil
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A dissipating storm system at sunset over Esmeralda County, Nevada, US
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A mature cumulonimbus spotted over the Sawatch Range, near Buena Vista, Colorado, US
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An image in the sky that reminded Leslie of the drama on a Minnesota Lake; a Largemouth Bass just about to swallow a Sunfish that, in turn, is intent on swallowing a dragonfly. This view was captured in Waterford Township, near Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, US.
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A cloud formation that resembles a DNA double helix is likely a Kelvin-Helmholtz (Fluctus) cloud or a double helix cloud. These formations are not a specific type of cloud, per se, but rather a visual phenomenon resulting from the interaction of air layers moving at different speeds and densities. This results in air flows that tend to have a distinct serpentine motion. This rare sighting was spotted over Auckland, New Zealand.
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An approaching storm over the Forest of Dean, Yorkley, England
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Sunrise over the Sangre de Cristo mountains north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
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Storm development with various shades of grey, accompanied by signs of mammatus (mamma), spotted over Arnhem, Netherlands
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Crepuscular rays making their way through storm clouds during sunset over Sumirago, Varese, Italy
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Great view taken from an airplane above the clouds on a beautiful fine and sunny day! The sea looks like a sea of ice and the forested hills of the Black Forest of the Rhine Valley of Germany! Looking at the view below, the hills appear in the foreground dark, shadowy, misty, mysterious and monochrome, one reason why the forest has been called “Black Forest” and seem to float above the clouds like stranded, dark-coloured ice burgs. Interesting that you can see way-off floating above the clouds on the distant horizon, the Vosges mountains of France, which gives you an idea of how vast the Black Forest area of the Rhine River Valley of Germany really is! From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia