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A Cap cloud at Sunrise over Mount Rainier, Washington, US.
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While flying from Mumbai to Lucknow, India, Anuja's friend, Anita Bhatnagar, was mesmerised at the splendour of clouds at sunset. It seemed as if the cirrus clouds above and the cumulus below created an illusion of land below while being above the clouds over India.
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Undulatus spotted over Fenglin Village, Shiding District, Taiwan
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Virga with colour spotted over Klein Sinaai, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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A storm system near Villafranca de los Barros, Spain
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Cumulus congestus along the horizon, spotted over the Chateau de Bizy, Vernon, France
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A giant fish swimming in the sky, spotted over San Bernardino County, California, US
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An afternoon parade above the rooftops, in the form of virga, spotted over Arnhem, Netherlands
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Altocumulus that resembles a chicken, spotted over Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
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Pileus on a stormy day over North Devon, England
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Altocumulus perlucidus spotted over Seattle University in Seattle, Washington, US
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Contrails over Taiwan
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A contrail slicing through the sky, with iridescence amidst the cumulus fractus, spotted over Northern California, US
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Lunar iridescence over Pingzhen City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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Altocumulus lenticularis with iridescence, spotted over El Paso, Texas, US
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A storm system over the Columbia River Valley, Washington, US
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Compare this to a lovely cloud cap witnessed over the Sierra Nevada, Andalucía, Spain.
Image from NASA’s APOD site:-
http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/ap131126.html
Laurence