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The third is some of the detail from the middle of the cloud as it developed over Rock Creek Valley in the Eastern Sierras California, US.
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Crepuscular rays and shadows from a setting sun, spotted over Stuttgart, Killesberg, Germany
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Cumulus fractus spotted over Winthrop, Washington, US
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Signs of asperitas and lacunosus spotted over North Dundas Township, Ontario, Canada
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Horseshoe vortex spotted over Brighton, Colorado, US
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Asperitas, with the look of waves in the sky, spotted over Vermontville, Adirondacks, New York, US
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Stratocumulus spotted over Lisboa, Portugal
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A developing storm system spotted by Linda Ihle near Smyrna, South Carolina, US
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Altocumulus and its reflection in the convex mirror, spotted over Marinoa City, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Cumulus congestus taking on the look of a dinosaur's head devouring the sun, spotted over the floodplains next to the Rhine River, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Low lying Stratus fractus developing near the ground, following rain in Maleny, Brisbane, Australia
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A classic example of Virga, where precipitation evaporates when it falls into a layer of dry air, spotted over Stuttgart, Killesberg, Germany
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Crepuscular rays spotted over Taipei City, Taiwan
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A plethora of contrails spotted near Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Cumulus humilis spotted on an afternoon at the Alster, a tributary of the Elbe River, near Hamburg, Germany
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A face in the clouds, spotted on the way to a music event near Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
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These are amazing – like a Mandelbrot Set they get more detailed the more you zoom in!
Leave it to the Eastern Sierra to generate unique clouds. Thanks, Stephen.