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Contrails and Pigeons over Independence, California, US.
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Sun pillar at sunset over Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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The iceberg, as Steven observes, appears to be pointing to the sky, 'look up there', spotted over Southern Greenland
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A starfish captured by Valerie James near Bentworth, England
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Notable mammatus (mamma) within a storm system over Bluff, Utah, US
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted over North Gloucestershire, England
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Layers of clouds spotted over Dunwich Beach, Suffolk, England
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A collection of cumulus over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Virga spotted over Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
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Altocumulus floccus spotted over Husky Stadium at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, US
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Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus, also known as a mackerel sky, was captured by Carl McGarrigle, who also remarked 'I forgot to iron the sky this morning'. This classic example was spotted over Preston, Lancashire, England.
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Signs of supercilium spotted over Halle, The Netherlands
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A stray cumulus spotted over Cologne, Germany
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Sunset over Twisp, Washington, US
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A view of a waterway leading to an active sky over Cheddar, Somerset, England
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A dissipating cumulonimbus spotted near Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire, England
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The national flag of Scotland, but on a much bigger scale!
Well spotted!
Laurence