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A rarely spotted Moonbow/Lunar Rainbow over Miramar, Costa Rica.
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Sun Dogs, also known as a Parhelion, on a cold day near Brighton, Colorado, US
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Cirrocumulus over Jilin Province, China
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Fallstreak hole, also known as a cavum, spotted shortly after sunrise near Plaquemine, Louisiana, US
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Layers of stratus near La Plagne Montalbert, France
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Rainbow over Woodvale, Australia
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Cumulus and cumulus fractus populate the sky over Northwest Iran
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Sunset captured by Jean's friend, Mattie Hunter, looking west from an elevation of 2,000 feet in the Appalachian Mountains in northeast Georgia, US
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A stretch of cumulus clouds that may be developing into a storm, spotted by Chandrani's friend, Frano Mika, during the morning hours over Rijeka, Croatia
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An expansive display of altocumulus in advance of a winter storm, spotted near Walburg, Texas, US
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Cirrocumulus stratiformis over Khomeynishahr, Esfahan, Iran
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Altostratus undulatus spotted over Wellingborough, England
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Cirrostratus undulatus at sunrise over Arnhem, Netherlands
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Virga over Sachuest, United States
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Remnants of a storm that took place while Reven was watching a movie at the Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, California, US
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A photograph with several seconds exposure at night, that Linda conveys was a view to the east with constellation 7 Sisters/Pleiades in the upper left, along with two aircraft light trails. It was a windy night as the cumulus fractus moved from east to west, as spotted from San Luis Obispo, California, US.
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Further to Photo Editor’s note above readers may be interested in a phenomenon called “Air glow”.
Today (27 Jan 16) on the NASAA APOD page a lovely photo is featured of an Air glow. At first sight it appears like an aurorae but this is not the case.
Here is the photo and a brief informative explanation about how Air glows come about:-
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160127.html
Laurence
More information here……
http://atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/moonbow.htm