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Sun pillar at sunrise over Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England
Sunset near Glommen, Halland, Sweden
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Altocumulus in a way that Ronna describes as a "whorl of altocumulus", wherein 'whorl' is defined as "to spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion". Spotted near the Coast Range Mountains and Fern Ridge Lake, Oregon, US
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Sun Pillar with Sun Dogs, being formed here as the sunlight is refracted by the ground level ice crystal cloud, diamond dust, over the Adirondack Mountains in Vermontville, New York, US.
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Sunset over Busan, South Korea
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Sun Pillar over La Colilla, Spain
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Sun pillar over the Coast Range in Oregon, US
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Sunset while looking west from Newquay, Cornwall, England
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Sun dogs and a sun pillar, with a faint 22-degree halo over Sumirago, Varese, Italy
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A radiant sun pillar and sky near Los Osos, California, US
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Sun Pillar over La Colilla, Spain
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An optical display over Vermontville, New York, US
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Sunset over historic Windmill Island Gardens, Holland, Michigan, US
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Sun Pillar over Valby, Denmark
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Sun Pillar over Northleigh, United Kingdom
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