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The summer sky viewed from the flight deck over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
4 thoughts on “The summer sky viewed from the flight deck over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.”
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A dynamic and vivid sunset near Lexington, Virginia, US
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Altocumulus perlucidus spotted over Sanxia, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Sunrise over Central Province, Iran
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Cumulus spotted over Modbury Heights, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Mid-morning iridescence over Lebec, California, US
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Winter solstice sky over Rocky Mount, Virginia, US
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Mammatus (Mamma) spotted in the morning sky over Arlington, Virginia, US
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Winter Solstice sunrise mirrored in texture upon a frozen lake in Southern Alberta, Canada
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Fallstreak Hole (Cavum) in the shape of a heart and with a view of the blue sky, spotted following a week of rain in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, US
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A storm with mammatus (mamma) spotted over Estrella, Arizona, US
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An 'X' created by contrails over Falls Church, Virginia, US
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Altocumulus undulatus spotted over Hamakua Coast, Hawaii, US
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Altocumulus lenticularis spotted above a layer of stratocumulus, shortly before a storm over Canutillo, Texas, US
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Sunset following a storm over Canberra, Australia
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Lacunosus, a relatively rare and short-lived cloud formation, takes on the look of a honeycomb pattern of round holes with frayed edges. It is formed when a layer of rising warm air and a layer of cold air come into contact with one another, causing downdrafts that push through the cloud. This classic example was spotted by Alexia's friend, Bob Hunter, near Lexington, Virginia, US.
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Peter
This is a superb mono image and from the flight deck .
Thanks for sharing
Regards
John
A good shot of the clouds taken from an airplane. The black and White Image shows up the cloud shadows really well. All the tallest cumulus cloud anvils are pointing in the same direction. From Rebecca Hill
What a stunning shot from above!! I just checked the NASA’s APOD page 18 and saw the uncanny resemblance of the two photos. Ours is much better or course.
Joan
Hi Peter,
Marvellous shot, especially taken in monochrome which, I think, lends more grandeur to the scene you were lucky to have photographed. I was entranced by it.
Now, here is a test! Your photo immediately reminded me of the marvellous image taken very far away from our planet Earth by NASA’s “New Horizons” spacecraft of Pluto,
The image and shows Pluto’s clouds. It bears a remarkable similarity to your photo! Do, please, have a look.
Image released on NASA’s APOD page 18 September 2015.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150918.html
Laurence