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A blanket of stratocumulus over Puget Sound, Washington, US
Signs of pileus at two different levels of this multi-faceted cumulonimbus, spotted over Mesa, Arizona, US
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Sun pillar at sunset over Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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Notable mammatus (mamma) within a storm system over Bluff, Utah, US
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over North Gloucestershire, England
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Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus, also known as a mackerel sky, was captured by Carl McGarrigle, who also remarked 'I forgot to iron the sky this morning'. This classic example was spotted over Preston, Lancashire, England.
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Low-level layered stratus spotted over Mainz, Germany
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Cumulonimbus Incus spotted to the northeast of the East Texas Regional Airport, Longview, Texas, US
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Fallstreak Hole (Cavum) spotted over Sydney, Australia
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
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A storm system near Naperville, Illinois, US
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An expansive display of mammatus (mamma) spotted by Sally Grace Mindrebo, over Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
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Nacreous spotted over Nesodden, Norway
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A vivid rainbow accompanied by mammatus (mamma), spotted from the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s (NCAR) Mesa Laboratory, near Boulder, Colorado, US
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A vivid 22-degree halo spotted around mid-day over Singapore
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted at sunrise over the Flatirons, south of Boulder, Colorado, US
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