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Cirrus intortus over Phillip Island, Australia.
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Cirrus intortus over Perth, Western Australia.
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Cirrus over Perth, Western Australia.
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Cirrus intortus over Manhattan, US.
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Cirrus in a tangle over Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK
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Cirrus intortus over Tabūk, Saudi Arabia.
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Chaotic Cirrus over Benoni, South Africa.
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A chaotic looking sky over Napa, California, US.
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The sky over Wandsworth, UK, filled with intortus twists and turns.
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A sparkling display of Cirrus over San Bruno, California, US.
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A sparkling display of Cirrus over Inglewood, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.
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A sky filled with Cirrus over Santiago de Chile.
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A sky filled with unruly Cirrus over Lompoc, California, US.
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A face in the clouds over Brighton, UK.
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An eruption of Cirrus over a Saguaro cacti covered hill, Tucson, ArizonA, US.
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A capricious explosion of Cirrus over Napa, California, US.
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This picture of cirrus cloud looks almost like dense white smoke floating delicately in the sky and quickly being drawn together by the turbulent air currents up there. From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia
Hi Keelin
I like this one from you much. The photo draws one’s eye powerfully to the centre as if being sucked into a “black hole”, so to speak. Certainly dynamic with lots going on.
Laurence