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Jellyfish of the sky, also known as Altocumulus clouds producing the evaporating precipitation trails known as virga, spotted drifting over Portland, Oregon, US.
A classic cap cloud forming over Mount Rainier, Washington, US.
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A stacked form of Altocumulus lenticularis, known by the French term pile d'assiettes, spotted over Cervinia, Italy.
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The distinctive breaking-wave shape of a fluctus cloud feature was spotted here along the top of the accessory cloud cap known as a pileus. This is a rare combination of features, spotted over Franklin County, AL, US.
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Parallel ridges of Altocumulus cloudlets, known as undulatus, going this way and that at two different levels, known as duplicatus.
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The flying-saucer cloud, Altocumulus lenticularis, spotted over Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, South Africa by Stuart Loveday, who assured us ‘no aliens were spotted by me that day’.
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Undulatus over Maui, Hawaii, US.
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A classic UFO-like lenticularis over Torres del Paine, Chile.
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A sunrise over Whiteface Mountain, Adirondack Mountains, New York, US.
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Altocumulus floccus over San Blas, Mexico.
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Lenticularis over Pico del Veleta in the Sierra Nevada range in Grenada, Spain.
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Lenticularis over Tenerife.
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Virga trails over Wyee, north of Sydney, New South Wales Australia.
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Altocumulus clouds spreading across the sky over Lafayette Park in San Francisco, US.
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Lenticularis over Rimrock, Arizona, US.
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Undulatus over Wellington, New Zealand.
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