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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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Kelvin-Helmholtz over Rillito, United States
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Cumulus fractus over Khomeynishahr City, Esfahan, Iran
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Sunrise over Aberdeen, Scotland
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A surfboard that has a similar shape to the cirrus clouds above, spotted at Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Altocumulus over Falls Church, Virginia, US
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A storm system on the horizon near Shilin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Circumzenithal Arc over Wittmann, United States
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Corona over Northern California, US
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Sunset over Davidson Mill Pond Park, near South Brunswick, New Jersey, US
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An ominous looking storm near Siler City, North Carolina, US
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Cirrus spotted over Falls Church, Virginia, US
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Cumulus fractus on a hot sunny day near Penghu, Taiwan
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A dissipating storm system over Cambridge, England
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A maturing cumulus congestus spotted in between buildings over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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A sunset composed of striking colours, viewed from the Noko Ferry Terminal, Fukuoka City, Japan
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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