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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 fogbow and a glory, with the latter being a multicoloured ring around one's shadow, spotted during a morning walk in the fog, on Mount Painter, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Cirrus taking on the form of feathery angel wings over North Devon, England
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Sunset with cirrus over Crank, Merseyside, England
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Sunrise announcing its arrival over Pahang, Malaysia
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An early morning on the farm, wherein Ruth could hear the birds starting their day, near Charlo, Montana, US
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A storm system that appeared to have a "bear" climbing its way high above, along with a view of another storm in the distance, spotted by Steve Granberg near Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
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On the periphery of a thunderstorm, near Vermontville, Adirondacks, New York, US
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Crepuscular rays over Esfahan, Iran
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A storm system spotted prior to sunset over Volturara Irpina, Italy
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Cumulus clouds in a variety of shapes and sizes, spotted over Vatisker, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Cumulus and contrails in the sky over Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
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A unique view from 1971, wherein Mary's husband took this photograph while on a plane near Mt. Fuji, with the mountain showing itself above a layer of stratocumulus clouds, along with cirrus clouds further above in the troposphere. Mary took a picture of the slide through the lens of an old projector, in order to preserve this view of Mt. Fuji (Fujisan), Honshu, Japan.
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Signs of mammatus within the context of a passing storm over Northern California, US
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Stratus hugging the mountains in the Rhone Valley near Sion, Switzerland
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Crepuscular rays emanating upwards near Gaw Hill, Ormskirk, 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