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Diamond Dust halo, arc and sundog display from Saalbach, Austria.
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A storm system near Masai Mara Park, Kenya
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Cirrus vertebratus, which Sabine also views as her stairway to heaven, spotted near Halde Hoheward, Herten, Germany
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A colourful sky over Spring House, Pennsylvania, US
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Sunrise over the Adirondack Mountains, Vermontville, New York, US
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A storm system over The Villages, Florida, US
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A colorful display of iridescence over Adelaide, South Australia
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Iridescence upon a fish-shaped cloud over Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
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Sunset over Xiàmén, China
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Cirrus that appear to have developed by way of homogenitus via contrails, spotted over Wythall, England
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Cumulus congestus spotted over East Hartford, Connecticutt, US
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Contrails interwoven like DNA, spotted over Arlington, Washington, US
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The edge of a storm, spotted near Pitman, New Jersey, US
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) spotted over Crank, Merseyside, England
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) spotted over Northern California, US
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Signs of supercilium, an unofficial classification, characteristic of short-lived "eyebrow-like" cloud features, which appear in turbulent airflow over, and to the immediate lee of mountain peaks. These cloud features were spotted near Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Oregon, US.
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geez, that must have been very nice to have seen!
Nice Photoshopping, Thomas! Just kiddin'. ;-) Good work – thank you for posting.
whoever was able to see such beauty must have thought it could have been a gate to another world…must have felt that being given the chance to be part of a miracle once is reason enough to live
This is amazing… so beautiful
Magically beautiful.
Another one for the CAS Christmas card production?
What a thrill this must have been – wonderful picture!