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This formation over Biddenden, Kent, UK, is often a sign of imminent thunderstorms or an active cold front.
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A variety of cumulus cloud formations over Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Crepuscular rays emanating from behind growing cumulus congestus, as a storm develops towards the northwest, near Taylor, Texas, US
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An imposing storm system from which Patrick said produced small hail and a small funnel, east of Brighton, Colorado, US
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A storm system near Pismo Beach, California, US
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Reflections of crepuscular rays and iridescence over Barrow Beach, Somerset, England
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Cumulus fractus over Taiwan
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Cumulus congestus expanding upwards over Florence, Italy
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Sentinel and his Dog Cloud hovering over the concreted land masses and solitary streets created by artist Alberto Burri in 1984/1989 to honour the people of Gibellina the Sicilian town destroyed in a 1968 earthquake. Neville provided this description and submitted the photograph, taken near Gibellina, Sicily, Italy.
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This photograph is called "Algumas Ondas no Ceu", per Nicolas' title, which means "some waves in the sky," spotted over Balneario Arroio do Silva, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Virga over Boise, Idaho, US
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) spotted over Lismullen and Navan, Meath, Ireland
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Undulates filling in where there appears to have been a fallstreak hole in the shape of a hexagon, spotted over Jeju, South Korea
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) spotted over Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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Cumulus obscuring the sun, accompanied by high level cirrus clouds, over North Devon, England
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Multiple contrails over Falls Church, Virginia, US
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I sat on Penarfynydd once and watched an example of this moving in across the sea. The air behind the line was visibly of a different quality to the air ahead – a difference that is impossible to describe except with vague references to clarity and colour.