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Clouds in the sand, Caroline Bay, Timaru, New Zealand.
2 thoughts on “Clouds in the sand, Caroline Bay, Timaru, New Zealand.”
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Altocumulus in the early morning light, which Charles said resembles thick paint on a blue canvas, spotted near Winter Park, Colorado, US
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A combination of cirrus and cumulus fractus over Boise, Idaho, US
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Altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus over Moscow, Russia
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Cumulonimbus over Uffington, Oxfordshire, England
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22-degree lunar halo over Kostomuksha, Karelia, Russia
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A colorful display of altocumulus clouds during sunset over Renton, Washington, US
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Cirrus over Glen Haven, United States
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Lunar corona over Ningbo, China
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A group of birds admiring the colorful sky over Mumbai, India
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A parade of cumulus clouds over Georgetown, Texas, US
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Virga spotted over Montana, US
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A notable storm system over Pocomoke River, Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, US
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) formed after a sunny and windy day over Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
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Cirrus clouds that appear to have developed as a result of prior contrails (homogenitus), spotted over Rugby, Warwickshire, England
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Crepuscular rays shining through a hole in the stratocumulus clouds and onto the sea below, spotted near sunrise over Alcossebre, Spain
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I agree with Laurence Green that this is an imaginative shot!
Looks like a more accessible form of wavy cirrus cloud created naturally by the waves of the ocean at low tide, or someone has just raked the surface of the sand neatly and tidily with a rake in order to create this pattern on the sand.
This form of wavy cirrus on the ground is not made of ice crystals and located high up in the sky like the cirrus we normally see.
From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia
An imaginative shot!
No need to fly up high in an aircraft to capture this scene, rather that you kept your feet firmly on the ground – maybe a wee bit wet?!?
You have a seeing eye!
Best wishes.
Laurence