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A unique view of a rainbow from above, with an angle away from the sun and a region of available airborne water droplets, spotted on Mount Coigach, Northwestern Highlands, Scotland
On board an airplane departing the Charlotte area, Haruko conveyed that there were tornado warnings in the area on this day. From what it appears, the cloud column that is reaching the ground shows signs that it might have been a brief tornado touchdown near Charlotte, North Carolina, US.
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Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus, as seen from above the clouds, on a flight over Fort Wayne Indiana, US
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Cumulus congestus as seen from above the clouds on a flight that was about thirty minutes from landing in Louisiana, US
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Looking over intermittent layers of stratus, with iridescence above, from near the start of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Men's Downhill, at Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, New York, US.
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Sunrise view between a layer of stratus and stratocumulus, spotted via a drone over Sagres, Portugal
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Above a layer of stratus, near Sagres, Algarve, Portugal
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A view from above the clouds, over the Southern Sierras near Yosemite National Park, California, US
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Flying high in the upper reaches of the troposphere, near Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Cumulonimbus incus, also known as an anvil cloud, as viewed from a flight between Cyprus and Israel
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Altocumulus stratiformis as seen from above the clouds, in the airspace over Taiwan
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Glory captured with a photograph from a drone, above a layer of stratus, over Cape St. Vincent, Algarve, Portugal
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Stratus near Alishan, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Above the clouds with an expanse of cumulus congestus, touched by crepuscular rays, spotted over Johannesburg, South Africa
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A layer of stratus as seen from above, spotted over the coast of Sagres, Algarve, Portugal
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Layers of clouds at sunrise on an early morning flight from Venice, Italy, to Munch, Germany.
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