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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over St. Louis, Missouri, US
A developing Cumulonimbus towering over Corinth, Texas, US
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A colourful display of virga spotted over Ipswich, England
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Pileus spotted above a Cumulonimbus, near Saeeda Al-Sawaleha, Saudi Arabia
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The trademark of a strong cumulonimbus cloud is the overshooting top, a "cauliflower-like" cloud structure extending above the anvil of the storm like a dome. Overshooting tops develop on thunderstorms that have powerful updrafts and they typically develop on Cumulonimbus capillatus incus, as spotted here near Sherman, Illinois, US.
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Virga spotted at dusk over Northampton, England
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over Sacramento, California, US
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Primary and secondary rainbows spotted over Warwickshire, England
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over Bathinda, India
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Supernumerary bows spotted along with a secondary bow over Little Green Farm, Bedford, Virginia, US
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A developing storm system near Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
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Asperitas with signs of lacunosus spotted over Sacramento, California, US
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Precipitation both reaching the ground from this storm system and dissipating prior to the ground, with the latter known as Virga, as seen here over Somerset, England
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Primary and secondary rainbows spotted by Christina's friend, Kala Zorn, over Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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Cumulonimbus spotted over Leiden, The Netherlands
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Asperitas spotted over New Bern, North Carolina, US
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