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An image of a bird within the clouds over Goodyear, Arizona, US
Cirrus spissatus formation that looks like a "funnel cloud", spotted over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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A portal from the sky, reflected upon the water, near Crimea, Ukraine
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A developing cumulonimbus that Bob observed was capped with a black heart sitting in front of a silver heart, spotted on the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington, New Zealand
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Cirrus spissatus that looked like an eagle ray or a stingray that Gary had just seen at the Aquarium near Auckland, New Zealand
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Altocumulus radiatus that reminded Helen of rising bubbles, spotted over Priddy, Somerset, England
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Altocumulus that looked to Marianne as if she was looking into the ocean instead of the sky, with the way whales and sharks have lots of small fish around them, cleaning them by eating away parasites. This was the view of the sky near Ronda, Andalusia, Spain.
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Sunrise upon which Paul noticed the look of a snail meandering across the sky, spotted over Brighton and Hove, England
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Cumulus clouds within which Junichi saw one that looked like Big Bird from the Sesame Street television show, spotted over Hakata Station, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A display of stratus fractus that has a resemblance to smoke coming from the top of the cypress tree, as Mimi relates, when she spotted this at sunset over Walnut Creek, California, US
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Layers of clouds within which Robyn observes a tiny animal face, spotted over Buckeye, Arizona, US
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Signs of lenticularis that Alan commented looks like a hen, spotted over Scotland
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Sunrise accompanied by what looks to be a heart shape opening in the altocumulus cloud formation, spotted near Charlo, Montana, US
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Remnants of contrails that form into high level cirrus clouds via homogenitus, which is when clouds develop as a result of human activity such as from aircraft condensation trails; i.e., contrails. In this instance, it has taken on the look of "feathers" in this view near El Dorado Hills, California, US.
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A contrail and its associated homogenitus captured by Jim's neighbor, Marjorie Westermann. As Jim shares, their "remote mountain neighborhood found this cloud a 'feather in our caps' rewarding us for living and relishing high altitude life." This scene was photographed near the Tennessee Pass, at an elevation of 10,425 feet in the Sawatch Mountain Range, Colorado, US.
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As Robyn was driving, she spotted a cloud face that also spotted her, over the Estrella Foothills, Arizona, US
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