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The clouds radiate towards the horizon over the Coomera River on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
Sunset on a summer evening near Taylor, Texas, US
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Stratocumulus lenticularis spotted over Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Fallstreak Hole (Cavum) spotted over Gaw Hill, Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England
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For the past two years, Sharon, in her own words, had been chasing a photo of The Dickinson Homestead with just the right cirrus clouds above - delicate, feathered, sky-scrawled wisps that might echo Emily Dickinson’s most beloved metaphor. And it finally happened. As a reminder, this is the first stanza of her famous poem: “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - Cirrus spotted over The Dickinson Homestead, Amherst, Massachusetts, US
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Horseshoe vortex spotted over Washington D.C., US
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Upon the return from a 10-day trek to Annapurna Base Camp, Malcolm and his friend, Nory, captured this view of storm clouds that held off until later that evening, along with crepuscular rays and signs of a horseshoe vortex, spotted over Phewa Lake near Pokhara, Nepal.
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A layer of thick stratus near Emeryville, California, US
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Reflections of fog in Southeast Alaska, US
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A cumulus cloud that reminded Robyn of a baby elephant with its lucky trunk, spotted over Hillsborough, New Jersey, US
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A "whale" cloud borne out of a contrail, breeches above the trees, as spotted over Ravenna, Seattle, Washington, US
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An indication of a solitary cumulus fractus amidst the quiet blue sky, spotted by Cassie Eismann near Pryor, Oklahoma, US
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Cumulonimbus incus, also known as an anvil cloud, which indicates that the storm has reached a level of stratospheric stability and is considered to be in its mature stage, as seen here over Centerville, Ohio, US
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Rainbow over Schlossborn, Taunus, Germany
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Altocumulus perlucidus over San Bernardino County, California, US
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Undulatus at two different levels of the atmosphere, spotted over Selsey, England
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