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Early morning build up of fog dragging down the upper reaches of the navigable Potomac River, between Washington DC and Roslynn Virginia. U.S. The photo was taken from a tethered aerostat balloon at 300 ft. Looking towards an aptly named “Foggy Bottom” Washington.
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Altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus spotted over Chenggong Lake, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Stratus that Steven observed as appearing to be a nice, soft, inviting hammock draped between the shore cliffs, spotted in Southwest Greenland
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Signs of lacunosus that reminded Sabine of SpongeBob SquarePants, spotted over Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Stratocumulus undulatus spotted over Penrith, Cumbria, England
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I wish I took this from 800 ft to show its closeness to the Potomac.