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Flying above the clouds over St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, Florida, US
Valley fog as viewed from 5,500 feet above sea level, at Excelsior Peak, Washington, US
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The view shortly after take-off from Dulles Airport, Virginia, US
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Multiples examples of cumulonimbus incus, also known as anvil clouds, along with a lower layer of altocumulus undulatus, as seen from 37,000 feet above Mississippi, US
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A view of the storm from a single engine Cessna at 4,500 feet above Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, US
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Cumulus fractus viewed from above, departing the coast of Amsterdam, near Schiphol Airport, Netherlands
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On a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Phoenix, Arizona, Peter conveyed that it was dodging storms along its route, with this view captured over Lebanon, Virginia, US
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As the plane began its descent, Rachel noticed a cloud that resembled a small, errant, and lonely tornado. This took place towards the end of a flight from Vancouver, British Columbia to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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A developing cumulonimbus spotted at 34,000 feet over western Oklahoma, US
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The flat band of rainbow hues known as a circumhorizon arc, spotted on a flight from a flight over the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Japan.
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Cumulus and stratus clouds co-existing near the mountains, spotted by Anuja's brother, Nikesh Sinha, while on a Kashmir Great Lakes trek near Zaj Pass, Kashmir, India
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Above the clouds near Tokyo, Japan
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A view from above the clouds, over Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada
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A unique view from 1971, wherein Mary's husband took this photograph while on a plane near Mt. Fuji, with the mountain showing itself above a layer of stratocumulus clouds, along with cirrus clouds further above in the troposphere. Mary took a picture of the slide through the lens of an old projector, in order to preserve this view of Mt. Fuji (Fujisan), Honshu, Japan.
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Cloud streets as seen from an altitude of 16,000 feet near the border of Texas and Arkansas, US
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A view from above, looking out at clouds of a cumulus origin, in various stages of growth and development, near Shenzhen, China
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