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A pair of horseshoe vortex clouds over Algeciras, Southern Spain. James thought it looked like a dragon. We suspect that it is an ominous sign of McDonald's conducting experiments in 'cloudvertising'.
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Feather floating over Ryazan, Russia
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Sun Pillar over Valby, Denmark
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View from atop Mt. Pisgah overlooking the Willamette Valley, Oregon, US
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A majestic Cumulonimbus near Vermontville, New York, US
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) over Oostende, Belgium
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Cirrus fibratus that also yielded a cirrus formation that looked like two "lightning bolts" high in the troposphere, above Coos Bay, Oregon, US.
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Stratocumulus over Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
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Cirrocumulus that Paul describes as a bird in flight with wings fully extended, over Santa Barbara, California, US.
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Nimbostratus over Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis over Lakewood, Washington, US
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Mosaic of colors illuminated by some Iridescence, prior to an incoming storm over Vermontville, New York, US.
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Birds on a wire beneath some Cumulus fractus, spotted over LaVale, Maryland, US.
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Altocumulus lenticularis amidst a colorful sunset over Monte Rosa in Sumirago, Italy.
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, France
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Yep! In fact this morning appeared the very first cloudburgers in the same place… ;)