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A view of distant nacreous clouds, captured with the tail camera of a Glider at 50,000 ft. over Argentina.
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Shreds of Stratus, known as Stratus fractus, on the slopes near the Blackfoot River in Montana, US.
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Rainbow over Oostelbeers, The Netherlands
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Intense rainbow action spotted over Durham, North Carolina, US, including a primary bow, a secondary bow, supernumerary bows (tiny fringes inside the primary bow) and Alexander’s Dark Band (the darker sky between the bows).
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Altocumulus illuminated by the rays of sunrise with lower Stratocumulus lenticularis formations in shadow over Whiteface Mountain, Adirondack Mountains, NY, US.
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Altocumulus lacunosus spotted in the evening over Baltimore, Maryland, US.
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Altocumulus undulatus clouds spotted over Baltimore, Maryland, US.
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Moonlit Stratocumulus undulatus clouds spotted over Brisbane Water, Woy Woy, NSW, Australia.
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Fair-weather Cumulus spotted over Gross Valley in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
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The variety of the high cloud Cirrocumulus known as lacunosus, which is characterised by a lattice of holes.
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A UFO-shaped Altocumulus lenticularis formation, and eyebrow-like features, with the unofficial name supercilium, forming in the turbulent air in front, spotted over Palm Springs, California, US.
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Asperitas over Winsted, United States
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Altocumulus undulatus over East River, New York City, US.
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A 22-degree halo formed by Cirrostratus cloud and some cloud iridescence formed by Cumulus fractus, spotted over Zoetermeer, South Holland, Netherlands.
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Fallstreak Hole over Wittmann, United States
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A spring lamb spotted over Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Beautiful cloud picture, Morgan!
Definitely flying the glider very high up in the sky with all the mid-level clouds located far below. Can imagine how cold it would get at 50,000 ft (near the bottom of the Stratosphere), despite the sun shining through the very thin atmospheric air up there in the glider- probably as cold as -50C at least. The distant, rainbow nacreous cloud captured by the glider’s camera would be located even higher up in the very thin atmosphere where it is even colder and would be entirely made of ice crystals.
From Rebecca Hill, Canberra, Australia