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A mock mirage produced by multiple temperature inversion layers, spotted off the California coast, 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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Rainbow over Grasse, France
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Corona over Eugene, Oregon, US
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Cirrocumulus overlooking Cumulus fractus above Eugene, Oregon, US
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Crosswire view of altocumulus clouds with some virga over Carlsbad, New Mexico, US.
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Altocumulus over Beaufort, South Carolina, US
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Cloud caps known as pileus forming over the tops of Cumulus congestus clouds and spotted over Little Switzerland, North Carolina, US.
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Asperitas clouds spotted over Seattle, Washington, US.
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A mixed sky, from low to high, of Stratocumulus, Altocumulus and Cirrus spotted over Papamoa, New Zealand.
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Cirrus over San Luis Rey, United States
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Formation of cirrus fibratus, thanks in part, to the remnants of earlier contrails over Williston, Vermont, US.
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Apologies for wrongly categorising as a green flash, Les Cowley of Atmopheric Optics has since informed me this is in fact a mock mirage, produced by multiple temperature inversion layers.
Hi Steven
Thanks kindly for sharing this rarity with us.
The Green Flash is certainly a rare spectacle. I have seen this only two or three times.
You, and other CAS members, may like to view the following NASA APOD website which give photos and explanations about how this phenomenon occurs.
https://apod.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
Laurence