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A Cap cloud over Elephant’s Eye, part of the Table Mountain range, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Virga that Helen says resembles a cloud eating monster, spotted over Somerset, England
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Crepuscular rays in the morning near Aljezur, Portugal
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A picturesque collection of cumulus clouds over the Danube River, Belgrade, Serbia
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After a week of rain, Paolo shared a sunrise with a faint fragment of a rainbow towards the west, near Sumirago, Varese, Italy
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A classic example of a multi-layered altocumulus lenticularis duplicatus, spotted over Ponta Delgada Harbour, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal
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Cumulus mediocris "floating" over the fields near Greatham, Hampshire, England
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Iridescence over Scharnstein, Upper Austria
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Early morning view of orange hued altocumulus lenticularis over the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, Colorado, US
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Asperitas shortly before sunset over Southern California, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis near Twisp, Washington, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis near Malakwa, British Columbia, Canada
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Cumulus congestus along the horizon, coupled with undulatus above, spotted over North Devon, England
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Orion 'surfing on a cloud' over Sandstonehenge, near Bluff, Utah, US
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Iridescence via altocumulus clouds over India
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An active sky with virga in the distance, near Winchester, Ontario, Canada
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Gee! What a fantastic cloud formation – and complete with a face looking towards the right of the photo. It reminds me of Captain Hook in kids stories. Brilliant!
A 5* rating from me. Thanks, Johan.
Laurence
Gee! What a fantastic cloud formation – and complete with a face looking towards the right of the photo. It reminds me of Captain Hook in kids stories. Brilliant!
5* rating from me. Thanks, Johan
Now those are proper clouds :-)