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October 18, 2024
A lower level of stratocumulus as seen from a flight, 10,000 feet above the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California, US
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September 17, 2024
Driving east through Pennsylvania, towards the Allegheny Front that divides the Allegheny Plateau from the Ridge and Valley Appalachians, John observed this layer of stratus that had settled down into the valley, under some high cirrus clouds and contrails, spotted near the Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, US
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September 16, 2024
On a warm, sunny, and otherwise cloudless day, John said that an occasional and ephemeral puff would appear and disappear, which reminded him of William Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud..." This isolated cumulus fractus was spotted over north central Indiana, US.
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August 26, 2024
A varied sky that upon first glance, as John noted, looked like a cloud shaped like a Black Labrador Retriever leading a few storm clouds ashore. However, upon closer look, it's actually a cloud shadow that is cast onto the underside of the higher level Altocumulus clouds. This mixed sky was spotted over Vero Beach, Florida, US
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August 13, 2024
Storm system illuminated by the setting sun and iridescence near Vero Beach, Florida, US
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December 22, 2017
A bad-hair-day storm system over the Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, US.
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