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A view of the sky and its accompanying clouds over the Pacific Ocean, as seen from Pacific Grove, California, US
Stratus over Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
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A partial rainbow spotted over Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, US
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Sunset after a day of high winds and rain near the Adirondacks, Vermontville, New York, US
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A moonlit night over Curtin, Canberra, Australia
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Nacreous clouds, forming at altitudes of 15-25 km (10–20 miles), up in the stratosphere, at temperatures of around -85˚C (-121˚F), these clouds show beautiful iridescent pastel hues as they scatter the light from the Sun when it is just below the horizon. Sometimes called ‘mother-of-pearl clouds’, their tiny, uniform ice crystals are very good at diffracting sunlight. This classic example was spotted in December of a prior year, over Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, England.
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Stratus, the lowest-forming of all of the cloud types, encompassing Incheon, South Korea
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A sunset that yielded a number of 'images' in the sky, as Edward sees a dog's head and bum with tail, connected by a thin backbone with a couple of ribs; a hummingbird or woodpecker; and a frog, spotted near Vermontville, New York, US
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Late afternoon near the Adirondacks, Vermontville, New York, US
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Cumulus congestus near Miaoli City, Taiwan
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Clouds from a winter storm that brought rain to Los Angeles County and snowfall to the San Gabriel Mountains, spotted near Lancaster, California, US
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A sun pillar making its way through layers of thin clouds during sunset near Nazare, Portugal
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A fisherman amidst a sunset over the coast of Ikinomatsubara, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) spotted on a cold and dry day by Gary Norris in Clynder, Scotland
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This unique photograph of what appears to be a roll cloud, also known as a volutus, was captured by Terrence's son, Daniel Linsell, with the rising sun illuminating the edge of it, spotted over Perisher, New South Wales, Australia
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Early morning view of orange hued altocumulus lenticularis over the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, Colorado, US
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