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A soliatary "UFO-shaped" altocumulus lenticularis spotted by Craig's friend, Bernadette, over Lake Como, Italy
Sunset along the Danube River in Europe
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A distrail, short for "dissipation trail", occurs when an aircraft passes through a cloud and it turns the water droplets in the cloud into gas or ice. This distrail is seen slicing its way through a layer of cirrostratus over Kianga, New South Wales, Australia.
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Cirrostratus undulatus spotted over the valley near the Fraser River, Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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Undulatus and iridescence, with some signs of supercilium, spotted in conjunction over Canutillo, Texas, US
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Circumhorizon Arc spotted over Northern California, US
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22-degree halo acccompanied by what appears to be an upper tangent arc, spotted over Summonte, Italy
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A 22-degree halo with an intersecting contrail, spotted over Rufford, West Lancashire, England
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Contrails and cumulus over Wenatchee, Washington, US
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A view of the sunset from above the clouds, on a flight that departed from Narita International Airport, Japan, headed for Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan
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Signs of a 22-degree halo along with a pronounced contrail, spotted over Rogerstown Estuary, County Dublin, Ireland
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Cirrostratus clouds that Zé yòu says looks like the Milky Way, spotted over Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Circumhorizon Arc spotted over Lonjsko Polje, Croatia
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22-degree halo over Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico
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Intersecting contrails spotted over National Taipei University, Taiwan
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Undulatus along with what appears to be part of a 22-degree halo, spotted over Southern California, US
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