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A display of noctilucent clouds, viewed from the flight deck of a Boeing 787 at 41,000’ over Northern Canada.
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Stratocumulus with subtle crepuscular rays spotted over Modbury Heights, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Sunrise over North Dundas Township, Ontario, Canada
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Fluctus (Kelvin-Helmholtz) spotted over Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
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Signs of lacunosus spotted over Cheyenne, Wyoming, US
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Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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Cumulus congestus spotted over Oohori Park, Fukuoka City, Japan
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Signs of supercilium spotted over Brighton, Colorado, US
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A rare January thunderstorm captured by Joanne's sister-in-law, Joanne Patterson, as it approached Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted over Twisp, Washington, US
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A storm spotted moving through the McDowell Mountains, near Scottsdale, Arizona, US
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Contrails that morphed into a giant star over Lusk Village, County Dublin, Ireland
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A golden sunset over Gaw Hill, Ormskirk, England
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Asperitas spotted over Crank, Merseyside, England
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Contrail spotted over Devanahalli, Bangalore, India
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Lunar halo spotted over Los Angeles, California, US
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An amazing shot, James. Don’t often get to see a sky like that so high up in the sky from an airplane at 41,000 feet and get it so accurately on what must have been a special night camera. Must have been close to the top of the troposphere and at the bottom of the stratosphere, where your were flying, where nearly all the clouds are made of ice crystals, cirrus clouds for example and the temperature is below -50 degrees. From Rebecca Hill
Thanks James for this most remarkable photo showing the famous noctilucent clouds glowing between the black sky and black earth. What a glorious shot!