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Unusual Vortex image captured over Bishop, California. US. The vortex occurred as a huge altocumulus lenticularis wave cloud broke up.
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Fibratus over Cremorne, Australia
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A colorful sunset with multiple displays of altocumullus lenticularis near Antelope Valley, California, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Birmingham, Georgia, US
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Stratocumulus with signs of lacunosus, spotted near Bath, England
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A starry night with broken stratocumulus near Bluff, Utah, US
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Altocumulus over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Cumulonimbus that Junichi thought took on the resemblance of "Godzilla" playing with a child, as spotted over Momochi Seaside Park, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Stratocumulus over Alamos, Mexico
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Albuquerque Balloon Festival with a backdrop of stratocumulus undulatus at dawn over Alburquerque, New Mexico, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis in the distance and virga in the foreground, spotted over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Crepuscular rays and iridescence over Upland, San Bernardino County, California, US
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High-level altocumulus over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Mamma (Mammatus) spotted over Boise, Idaho, US
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Low lying stratus near Alishan, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Sun Pillar over Island Park, United States
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Catherine wheel on high?
I haven’t seen anything like this over here in our skies at all… Excellent capture!
Wow! I’d hate my aircraft to go through that!
Can’t say I’ve ever seen anything like this before. Had I seen it in the sky, I’m sure my reaction would be something along the lines of…uh-oh!
After over 50 years of skygazing, I’d rate this image as the most amazing and unusual cloud I have ever seen so far. Has anyone else seen anything like this before or elsewhere, or is this one of the new sky phenomena we get to look forward to along with accelerating climate change? GWW