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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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Sunset over Puget Sound near Edmonds, Washington, US
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Cumulus over Seaham, England
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Mammatus (Mamma) following a storm over Wilson, Wyoming, US
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A solitary cloud spotted amidst the blue sky over Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, England
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Sunset over Kingsthorpe, Northampton, England
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As the plane began its descent, Rachel noticed a cloud that resembled a small, errant, and lonely tornado. This took place towards the end of a flight from Vancouver, British Columbia to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Cumulus framing up the blue sky, spotted over Cumberland Island, Georgia, US
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A plethora of altocumulus over Iligan City, Philippines
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Fog over Carolina Cloud Lake, providing a "blue" emphasis within the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Fairview, near Asheville, North Carolina, US
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Signs of developing asperitas along the horizon, as refreshing rains dissipated the heat near Arnhem, Netherlands
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A storm system with mammatus (mamma) approaching Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) spotted over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England
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A developing cumulonimbus spotted by Anuja's sister, Tanuja Prasad, over Sahastradhara, a hill station in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh, India
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A view of the moon in between the clouds over Esfahan, Iran
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The breakdown of a contrail, spotted over Great Crag, Watendlath, English Lake District, England
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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