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A pair of sundogs at sunset over the Bristol Channel, UK.
Cumulus congestus as seen from above the clouds on a flight that was about thirty minutes from landing in Louisiana, US
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Sunrise over Mission Mountain near Charlo, Montana, US
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Fallstreak Hole (Cavum) with a "tail" that Nigel said extended beyond what was captured in this photograph by approximately three times the length seen here, spotted over Newton upon Rawcliffe, Yorkshire, England.
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A lower level altocumulus lenticularis came to rest at sunset over what Patricia conveyed was a cemetery on a hill across the river from the city. This cemetery remains on the hill, with its origin stemming from the Jewish community that was expelled from the city in 1492, in Segovia, Spain.
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Sun Dog over Morgan Park, United States
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Sun Pillar during sunrise over Albion, Michigan, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted near Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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A colorful sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean, as viewed from Boca Raton, Florida, US
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Hoar frost is a type of feathery frost that forms as a result of specific climatic conditions. It refers to the old age appearance of the frost and the way the ice crystals form that make it look like white hair or a beard. This scenario formed in the midst of ice and fog near Charlo, Montana, US.
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Stratocumulus at sunrise over the Adirondack Mountains, near Vermontville, New York, US
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A contrail and its associated homogenitus captured by Jim's neighbor, Marjorie Westermann. As Jim shares, their "remote mountain neighborhood found this cloud a 'feather in our caps' rewarding us for living and relishing high altitude life." This scene was photographed near the Tennessee Pass, at an elevation of 10,425 feet in the Sawatch Mountain Range, Colorado, US.
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) spotted over Lawrence, Kansas, US
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Rainbow over Cana, United States
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Altocumulus lenticularis duplicatus near Brighton, Colorado, US
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In flight near cumulus fractus over Sydney, Australia
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