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Cirrus spissatus that looks like an angel, spotted over Yeosu, South Korea
Storm development during monsoon season, accompanied by a relatively small horseshoe vortex, over Tucson, Arizona, US
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A storm cell that kept its shape and made its way from the Bahamas over to Boca Raton, Florida, US
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Cirrus spissatus over the Black Forest mountainous region, near Freiburg, Germany
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Cirrus on a summer day near El Dorado Hills, Colorado, US
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A display of cirrus that inspired Betty to observe "an orca whale morphs into a soaring angel, above the seas where orcas are often found," spotted over Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
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A clashing of the clouds, or as Andrea notes, a "cloud-head" blowing the other clouds across the sky, as seen over Freiburg, Germany
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A variety of cirrus spotted over Marinatown Seaside Park, Fukuoka City, Japan
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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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Cirrus spissatus spotted over Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England
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Sunset over Kingsthorpe, Northampton, England
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Fibratus over Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
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A mosaic of cirrus spissatus over the Bayview Golf Club, Sydney, Australia
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An oyster or a fish spotted at sunset over Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
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On the periphery of a thunderstorm, near Vermontville, Adirondacks, New York, US
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A maple tree and a cirrus spissatus cloud formation, both with "fingers" extending outwards, as seen over Seattle, Washington, US
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