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A lowbow over Glacier National Park, Montana, US.
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A vivid corona spotted over Brighton, Colorado, US
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Altocumulus perlucidus spotted over Duncans Mills, California, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Girona, Spain
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Undulatus spotted over Lake Stevens, Washington, US
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Cumulus drifting over the beach near Jigyohama, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A sighting of a fluffy dog in the sky over Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
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Cumulus congestus spotted over Asbury Park, New Jersey, US
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Pileus spotted above a Cumulonimbus, near Saeeda Al-Sawaleha, Saudi Arabia
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Cirrostratus and Stratocumulus sharing the sky over Alcester, Warwickshire, England
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A storm system over Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy
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22-degree halo spotted over Orlando, Florida, US
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Sun Dog (Parhelion), which displays a distinct color gradient caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, with red on the inside (closest to the sun) and fading through orange and yellow to blue/violet on the outer edge, spotted over Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England
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Contrails spotted at sunset over Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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22-degree halo spotted over Petaluma, California, US
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The trademark of a strong cumulonimbus cloud is the overshooting top, a "cauliflower-like" cloud structure extending above the anvil of the storm like a dome. Overshooting tops develop on thunderstorms that have powerful updrafts and they typically develop on Cumulonimbus capillatus incus, as spotted here near Sherman, Illinois, US.
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Beautiful picture, Jane!
Over the other side of the vast conifer forests in Glacier National Park in Montana, USA lie the majestic, snow-capped, Rocky mountains. Looks like a bit of precipitation going on up there causing the low-bow rainbow!
From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia