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November 14, 2019
A mixed sky over Torver Common, Cumbria, UK.
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October 28, 2019
A pileus pile-up over Torver Common, Cumbria, UK.
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September 5, 2018
A cloud gazes in wide-mouthed amazement at the display of iridescence over Coniston, the Lake District, Cumbria, UK.
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August 14, 2018
A sunrise over Coniston, Lake District, Cumbria. UK.
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August 8, 2018
A long lean UFO-like lenticularis over Grizedale in the Lake District, UK.
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August 1, 2018
A sunset taken looking towards the flanks of the ‘Old Man of Coniston’, in the English Lake District, Cumbria. UK.
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A lovely shot, Judith.
The cloud pillar on the right hand side of the photo is reminiscent, to me, of the famous Matterhorn mountain, Switzerland.
Laurence