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A view from the flight deck over the south-west of England, on a flight from London to Baltimore.
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A storm system over Temecula, California, US
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Cirrus over Baltimore, Maryland, US
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A cloud that Robyn viewed as resembling a prehistoric dinosaur creeping across the sky, spotted over Goodyear, Arizona, US
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Towards the end of a summer day, there appears to be a storm system in the background, with a layer of stratocumulus in the foreground, spotted over the Mission Mountain Range, Ronan, Montana, US
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Dramatic colours in the sky over Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa
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An array of contrails over Lusk Village, County Dublin, Ireland
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Cirrus uncinus spotted over Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, England
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Sunset over Sierra Vista, Arizona, US
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On a family road trip at dusk, listening to Jimmy Hendrix's "Purple Haze", Reven looked up to see sinewy windmills on their tiptoes, whipping the lilac clouds into tiny cloudlettes, near the Altamont Pass Wind Farm, California, US.
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While waiting for his flight at Hong Kong's International Airport, this framed view of a cumulus cloud seemed like a cartoonist's "thought bubble" coming out of the dormant volcano, wherein Steven wondered what it was thinking. This view was captured from inside the Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong.
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Sunset along the beach at Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England
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Cumulonimbus over Columbia, Missouri, US
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Altocumulus at dawn over Madison, Wisconsin, US
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A summer sunrise over Krzeszowice, Poland
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Altocumulus floccus over North Devon, England
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Thanks, Anne & Anthony: I agree, I quite like the impression of wind-blown speed in the cirrus, contrasted with the apparent solidity and steadfastness of the cumulus below.
Spectacular cloud vista, Mark. One could almost imagine it being a landscape on earth, with a streaming snowy blizzard scouring the mountains of antarctica.
Wonderful image!
Thanks, Becky. It was a lovely flight, in fact; before rising above the clouds as in this picture, there were a whole series of beautiful layers, alternately sunlit and dark. I may send more of the pictures to CAS, but you can see a few in my flickr photostream, starting at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmccaughrean/8395522511/in/photostream
Beautiful!! Like a veil across growing things!