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A Sunrise over Slaton, Texas, US.
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Corona over Eugene, Oregon, US
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Cirrocumulus overlooking Cumulus fractus above Eugene, Oregon, US
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Crosswire view of altocumulus clouds with some virga over Carlsbad, New Mexico, US.
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Altocumulus over Beaufort, South Carolina, US
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Cloud caps known as pileus forming over the tops of Cumulus congestus clouds and spotted over Little Switzerland, North Carolina, US.
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Asperitas clouds spotted over Seattle, Washington, US.
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A mixed sky, from low to high, of Stratocumulus, Altocumulus and Cirrus spotted over Papamoa, New Zealand.
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Cirrus over San Luis Rey, United States
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Formation of cirrus fibratus, thanks in part, to the remnants of earlier contrails over Williston, Vermont, US.
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Cumulus congestus illuminated over Fukuoka, Japan
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Glory from the view of working in a wind turbine, over Assenede, Belgium.
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Cumulonimbus incus forming over Cascavel, Parana, Brazil.
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22-degree halo over Bigfork, Montana, US
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Stratocumulus over Haarlem, Netherlands
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Iridescence over Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US
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What an amazing capture! Just stunning!
AWESOME!
I previously commented on this magnificent photo but could not resist saying it reminds me so powerfully of a song I have always loved, “Ghost Riders In The Sky”. This cloudscape is epochly just that”. It goes hand-in-glove, so to speak viz, the cloudscape and the song. Seems they were made for each other!
Seeing the Mamatus clouds in James’ photo you might like to look at an image on NASA’s APOD page (Astronomy Picture Of the Day) today (15th April) which released this Mamatus cloud image. Have a look – it nicely explains how these interesting clouds are formed:-
http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/ap140415.html
Laurence
The manatus clouds
I Agree with the previous 4 comments completely. A STUNNER!!!! A 5 Star here too…..
It’s all there!! Simply beautiful and yet powerful – – It got a 5 from me!
Superb; well done.
A photographic masterpiece! Grand photo, James. What a view this must have been to witness for real. Thanks for the sharing of this wonderful vista. Maybe a candidate for April’s “Cloud of the Month”? Hope so.
Laurence
BEAUTIFUL !!!