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A sun pillar over Fensfjorden, Norway.
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Crepuscular rays at sunset over Batz sur Mer, Brittany, France
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On their evening walk over the hill with Abbie, their sprocker spanie, Roger saw her cartoon image in this uncanny piece of cloud art. The image was there for no more than a minute, near Gaw Hill, Ormskirk, England.
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A storm system with notable precipitation near Somerset Coast, England
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Altocumulus radiatus over Belgium
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Following a lot of rain, a tranquil view of sunset over the Isle of Mull, as seen from Oban, Scotland
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The edge of a storm system near Sumirago, Varese, Italy
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Sunrise over the Del Plata River, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pileus spotted over Belgium
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Altocumulus perlucidus over Pewsey, Wiltshire, England
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Lacunosus spotted over North Devon, England
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Altocumulus stratiformis radiatus over Bentworth, Hampshire, England
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A mixed sky at sunset, as seen from 36,000 feet above the ground, on a flight that was traversing across southern Japan
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A roll cloud, or volutus, which is a rare, low horizontal tube-shaped arcus cloud, detached from the parent storm cloud, and represents the leading edge of a thunderstorm's gust front. This example was spotted between Vinylhaven Island and the Rockland area of the Mid-Coast, near Penobscot Bay, Maine, US.
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Looking west over the Pacific Ocean, cirrus uncinus and cirrocumulus undulatus are spotted near Yachats, Oregon, US
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Cirrostratus that appears to be somewhat attributable to prior contrails, spotted over the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, US
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This lovely image was posted on the NASA APOD page on 6th June with a detailed and concise explanation as to how sun Pillars form.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180606.html
Laurence