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A wide range of contrails and dispersement as a result of varying atmospheric conditions, such as humidity, temperature, wind shear, and atmospheric and aircraft-induced turbulence. The clouds that are formed are done so via homogenitus and are dispersed wider in conditions of high humidity and high wind shear. This expansive display was captured by Ted Burrows over Lexington, Virginia, US.
Cirrus uncinus spotted over Perth, Western Australia
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Cirrus uncinus spotted during the morning over Falls Church, Virginia, US
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Cirrus fibratus radiatus spotted over Middle Bolton Lake, Bolton, Connecticut, US
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Cirrus uncinus spotted over Granite Bay, California, US
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Cirrus uncinus which Anna says resembles their alphorn, spotted over Champfer, Engadin, Switzerland
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Cirrus uncinus over Lelant, England
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For the past two years, Sharon, in her own words, had been chasing a photo of The Dickinson Homestead with just the right cirrus clouds above - delicate, feathered, sky-scrawled wisps that might echo Emily Dickinson’s most beloved metaphor. And it finally happened. As a reminder, this is the first stanza of her famous poem: “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - Cirrus spotted over The Dickinson Homestead, Amherst, Massachusetts, US
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A grand display of cirrus, along with a quote provided by Anthony, referencing Mark Twain from Roughing It (1872), which is as follows: 'The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe.' This view was seen from Old Yeavering in Northumberland National Park, near Wooler, England.
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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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Cirrus uncinus over the Adriatic Sea, near San Cataldo, Lecce, Italy
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Lacunosus, a short-lived cloud formation, was spotted over North Devon, England
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Distrail spotted over Washington D.C., US
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Cirrus clouds amidst the blue sky over Isle of Harris, Scotland
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A classic and vivid example of cirrus uncinus over Somerset, England
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Cirrus spissatus spotted over Oahu, Hawaii, US
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