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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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A primary and secondary rainbow that includes Alexander's Dark Band, an area that appears dark because the raindrops in that region are refracting sunlight at angles that do not direct any light toward the observer, as seen here over Sittingbourne, Kent, England
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Circumhorizon Arc spotted during a hike in the Norwegian fjords, near Åndalsnes, Norway
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Signs of lacunosus at night, spotted over West Jordan, Utah, US
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A rainy day that presented itself with a 'bridge', spotted over Brean, Somerset, England
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A 'pink dragon' in the sky over São Paulo City, Brazil
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A subtle sun pillar at sunset over Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Cumulus fractus over Esfahan, Iran
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A storm system over Applegate Valley, Oregon, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over L'Estartit, Catalonia, Spain
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Sunset over Hyde Park, New York, US
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A plane coming in for landing underneath a layer of stratocumulus, near Songshan Airport, Taipei, Taiwan
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Enjoying the view of the sky over calm waters, near the Hudson Riverfront in Dobbs Ferry, New York, US
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Reflecting on the concept of coincidence, James spotted these Cirrus 'horsetail' (mare's tail) clouds in the evening sky after he had spent several hours that day on horseback, traversing the hills and pastures adjacent to the Thompson River, Thompson-Nicola Valley, British Columbia, Canada
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A developing, robust storm near Antelope Valley, California, US
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A noteworthy storm approaching Tananger, Norway
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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