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A chaotic sky, taken from the flight deck of a Boeing 777 whilst climbing out from Malé in the Maldives.
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Crepuscular rays over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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On a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Phoenix, Arizona, Peter conveyed that it was dodging storms along its route, with this view captured over Lebanon, Virginia, US
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A variety of clouds populating the sky over Jigyohama, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A notable storm system with defined mammatus (mamma) spotted near Brighton, Colorado, US
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Cumulus congestus alongside a sliver of the moon, spotted over Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Australia
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Given the visual perspective of the cumulus clouds, it seemed as if they were zooming quickly towards Helen when she spotted them over Somerset, England
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A contrail traversing the sky over Kraków, Poland
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An afternoon downpour near Charlo, Montana, US
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In sharply defined rainbows, a set of narrow coloured bands can often be found repeating on the inside of the primary bow. Called supernumerary bows, they add an extra-special dimension to the display and are produced by diffraction as light waves cross each other exiting the raindrops, as seen here over Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Virga spotted over Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain
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22-degree halo over Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
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Circumzenithal Arc spotted over Northern California, US
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On a journey along deep sand, Lynda's friend, Fayne Connelly, captured this view of the sand and the sky during a trip between the Savuti Plains in Botswana travelling to Zambezi Mubala Campsite on the banks of the Zambezi.
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Undulatus spotted by Dan's friend, John Maltese, from the shore of Lake Pleasant in the southern Adirondacks, Speculator, New York, US
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An elongated version of altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Dunkeld, Scotland
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Beautiful skies indeed.
Sheer beauty! An instant “ahh…” moment. Thank you, James, for sharing this wonderful sky.
An awesome “fragrance” of Heaven! Absolutely magnificent and stupendously spell-binding! It humbles one. It is like a conceivement in one mind perhaps of an ascent to Ascension.
Laurence
An absolutely Heavenly capture!