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A formation of diamond dust spotted over Wakefield, Quebec, Canada.
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A sighting of a fluffy dog in the sky over Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
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Cumulus congestus spotted over Asbury Park, New Jersey, US
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Pileus spotted above a Cumulonimbus, near Saeeda Al-Sawaleha, Saudi Arabia
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Cirrostratus and Stratocumulus sharing the sky over Alcester, Warwickshire, England
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A storm system over Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy
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22-degree halo spotted over Orlando, Florida, US
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Sun Dog (Parhelion), which displays a distinct color gradient caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, with red on the inside (closest to the sun) and fading through orange and yellow to blue/violet on the outer edge, spotted over Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England
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Contrails spotted at sunset over Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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22-degree halo spotted over Petaluma, California, US
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The trademark of a strong cumulonimbus cloud is the overshooting top, a "cauliflower-like" cloud structure extending above the anvil of the storm like a dome. Overshooting tops develop on thunderstorms that have powerful updrafts and they typically develop on Cumulonimbus capillatus incus, as spotted here near Sherman, Illinois, US.
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Subtle crepuscular rays and iridescence spotted over the Carneddau Range, Conwy, Wales
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A plethora of optical phenomena spotted at sunrise over Baltimore, Maryland, US
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22-degree halo with signs of a tangent arc and a sun dog (parhelion), spotted over Veurne, Belgium
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Stormy skies over Badalona, Spain
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Altocumulus spotted during the morning over Fixin, Burgundy, France
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Hi Shane
I think you will be interested to see this photo, released today (8th February) on the NASA APOD page showing remarkable and magical Light Pillars over Alaska.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160208.html
Laurence
I am not at all sure looking at this photo whether the pillars of light are something to do with camera lens flare or maybe just ground fog?
Whatever – if the vertical light beams are what are called light pillars then a description and photo of this oddity may be seen at the NASA APOD page on a photo taken in Finland on 18 December 2013:-
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131218.html
Laurence