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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 multi-layered mixed sky off the coast of Southern France
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An evening view over the iconic Redrocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, US
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Pileus spotted shortly before afternoon thunderstorms over Lewisham, London, England
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A late afternoon thunderstorm near Vermontville, Adirondacks, New York, US
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A rainbow spotted over the Muromi River, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Asperitas spotted over Pullman, Washington, US
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Altocumulus stratiformis spotted over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Cirrus spissatus spotted over Kirkkonummi, Finland
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A developing storm system spotted to the east of Littleton, Colorado, US
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Virga spotted between layers of clouds over Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain
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Cirrus spotted in the blue sky over Whitebridge, Inverness, Scotland
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A reflection of clouds spotted in Montreal, Canada
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Cumulus fractus spotted over Modbury Heights, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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A view of a rabbit jumping over other clouds, spotted while on a boat between Corfu and Paxos, off the coast of Greece
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Asperitas spotted over Hohnstein, Saxony, Germany
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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